24 Dec 1941
Libya
Libya
- Clive Caldwell damaged the German Bf 109 fighter piloted by Oberleutnant Erbo von Kageneck over Agedabia, Libya. Kageneck would die of the wounds sustained in this engagement in a military hospital in Naples, Italy on 12 Jan 1942. ww2dbase [Clive Caldwell | Agedabia | CPC]
6 Jan 1942
Libya
Libya
- German forces successfully evacuated Agedabia, Libya. ww2dbase [Operation Crusader | Agedabia | CPC]
22 Jan 1942
Libya
Libya
- The 3rd Battalion of the "San Marco" naval infantry regiment of Italian Navy arrived at Agedabia, Libya. ww2dbase [Agedabia, Cyrenaica | CPC]
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