Me 323 Gigant video

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Imagine being a P-40 pilot over the Med and comming accross a flight of those juicey babes!


For example, on 22 April 1943 near Cape Bon, several squadrons of Spitfires and P-40 Kittyhawks attacked a unit of 14 petrol-carrying Me 323s and their fighter escorts. All 14 were shot down with the loss of about 120 crew and 700 drums of fuel.


Messerschmitt Me 323 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
And full of petrol?! Oh man. What a spectacular sight that must have been. You would think that the Luftwaffe would have sent up quite the escort for those pigs. But then again, with limited fighter availability...
 

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