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6 Dec 1941

Libya
  • Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down two Hurricane fighters, his 27th and 28th kills, over El Adem, Libya at 1210 and 1225 hours. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | El Adem | CPC]
8 Dec 1941

Libya
  • Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down a P-40 fighter, his 30th kill, over El Adem, Libya at 0845 hours. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | El Adem | CPC]
10 Dec 1941

Libya
  • Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down the South African P-40 fighter piloted by Lieutenant B. G. S. Enslin near El Adem, Libya at 0850 hours. It was his 31st kill. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | El Adem | CPC]
11 Dec 1941

Libya
  • Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down the British P-40 fighter piloted by Canadian Flight Sergeant M. A. Canty southeast of El Adem, Libya. It was his 32nd kill. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | El Adem | CPC]
30 May 1942

Libya
  • Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down the RAF P-40 fighter piloted by Australian Flight Sergeant George Buckland at 0605 hours over El Adem, Libya, which was his 65th kill. After the mission, he drove to the site of the crash after hearing from his comrades that his victim bailed but the parachute did not open; he found the remains, retrieved identification papers, and made a flight over a British airfield to let the British know what happened to Buckland. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | El Adem | CPC]
7 Jun 1942

Libya
  • Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down the P-40 fighter piloted by South African Lieutenant Frewen over El Adem, Libya at 1610 hours. Three minutes later, he shot down the P-40 fighter piloted by South African Lieutenant Leonard James Peter BerragĂ©. These were his 76th and 77th kills. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | El Adem | CPC]
11 Jun 1942

Libya
  • In the El Adem, Libya area, Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down two British Hurricane fighters, Flight Sergeant Graves at 1625 hours and Australian Pilot Officer Charles William Parry Persse at 1635 hours. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | El Adem | CPC]
15 Jun 1942

Libya
  • Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down four P-40 fighters over El Adem, Libya between 1801 and 1806 hours, increasing his score to 91 kills. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | El Adem | CPC]
16 Jun 1942

Libya
  • Axis troops attacked El Adem and Sidi Rezegh near Tobruk, Libya. ww2dbase [Battle of Gazala | El Adem | CPC]
  • Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down four P-40 fighters over El Adem, Libya between 1802 and 1813 hours, increasing his score to 95 kills. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | El Adem | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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