Luftwaffe unit that destroyed the ship HELKA off Tobruk

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Peter
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Luftwaffe unit that destroyed the ship HELKA off Tobruk

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Post by Peter » 24 May 2003, 20:42

Can anybody advise on which Luftwaffe unit bombed the British tanker HELKA off Tobruk on 25 May 1941. It burned out and sank.
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Re: Luftwaffe unit that destroyed the ship HELKA off Tobruk

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Post by Cantankerous » 22 May 2020, 17:06

The military unit that sank the British tanker Helka was the dive bomber squadron 239a Squadriglia (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Grimsby_(U16)).


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Re: Luftwaffe unit that destroyed the ship HELKA off Tobruk

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Post by Peter » 22 May 2020, 18:26

thank you Cantankerous, :thumbsup:
its 17 years since I posted that LOL

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