Eagles Victorious: The Operations of the South African Forces Over the Mediterranean and Europe, in Italy, the Balkans and the Aegean, and from Gibraltar and West Africa |
Contents
Roll of Honour | 1 |
South Italy | 47 |
Greece Crete and the Aegean | 58 |
Copyright | |
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5th US Army 8th Army Aegean aerodrome aircraft airfield Allied anti-aircraft anti-aircraft fire Antimachia Anzio attack August bale Balkan Air Force Baltimores base Beaufighters bridge caique Cape Corps Cassino cloud coast command convoy crashed Crete crew damaged December Desert Air Force destroyed direct hits dived dropped enemy aircraft enemy fighters engine escort F/Sgt February fighter-bombers Flak flames flew flown flying Foggia four German gun positions harbour Headquarters Iráklion island Italian Italy January July Kittybombers landing ground lb bombs led by Capt Liberators light bombers Lt-Col Luftwaffe Marauders marshalling yards missions month Mosquito move Mustangs night November October operations Partisans patrols pilots raid railway reconnaissance road rockets runway SAAF scored September Sicily sorties South African Spitbombers Spitfires Sqn aircraft Sqn Spitfires Sqn's strafed Tactical tanks target troops trucks U-boat vehicles Venturas WAAF Wing Wing's Yugoslavia