I read on a war diary (Lt. E. Pezzi, 551° AA Artillery Group 20mm on s/s Iseo ) that on 11 july 1942 at Tobruk harbour:
"During the night 22,45 to 02,30 new bombings with incendiary bombs. Three hit the ship Iseo, one my cabin, two the coal cellar... Three aircrafts were shot down. In one of these were found the pilot and a woman in her evening dress."
Curious, isn't it ?
Woman on board a RAF fighter
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You would have to look into the casualty figures for the British Commonwealth air forces for that date. Probably the Commonwealth war graves site would be a good start. The British Official History would possibly give you the units that operated that night and from there to unit histories. Ultimate is to do research on the unit files held in the relevant archives.
Sounds like one of those apocryphal tales personally.....
Edward
Sounds like one of those apocryphal tales personally.....
Edward