By Tony Holmes, Steve Nichols
The siege of Malta in the course of international conflict 2 is without doubt one of the nice epics of aerial struggle. In 1942, it was once defined alternately as either a 'fighter pilot's paradise' and 'the so much bombed position on earth'. through the top of the Axis efforts opposed to Malta, it suffered 154 consecutive days and nights of bombing, a hundred nights extra that London suffered in the course of the Blitz. The destruction of Axis convoys via Malta-based plane proved to be one of many decisive components within the defeat of Rommel's forces in North Africa. This very important place may were misplaced if it had no longer been for the winning defence of the island by way of a handful of significantly outnumbered Royal Air strength fighter squadrons. within the brutal and unforgiving air conflict over Malta purely the superior fighter pilots succeeded, and all too usually that used to be no warrantly of residing one other day. This publication information the heroic tale of the Spitfire Aces in accordance with Malta. Drawn from a world staff of Australians, British, Canadians, New Zealanders, Rhodesians and South Africans those pilots fought opposed to severe deprivation, actual hardships and overwhelming odds in a single of the main the most important and decisive air battles of worldwide warfare II.
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No 603 Sqn anempred w inrercepr rhe German aircrafr, bur linle conraer wa; made. For rheir effons, lhe enemy damaged a ;olirary Spirfire in irs pen at rhe base. 200 15 from 2° Cmppo and 24 C202s from 20° Cmppo offering indirecr supporr. Even more C202s from 151" Squadrigi/ia, led by seven-kill ace Capitano Furio Doglio Niclor, ;wepr in ahead of rhis armada. Fir Lr Norman Lee (in BR379/ T-V) led ren No 249 Sqn Spirfires in a head-on alrack on rhe bombers, and four pilors gained srrikes, including Sgr Bwrling (in BR323/T-S).
Italian bombers would nOI participate in the coming daylighr raids over Malta, w > u... - « I '--' sticking ro night missions instead. Alrhough there were severalnorable aces included in rhe ranks ofJG 53 and JG 77, Axis fighter unils were now undermanned and understrength, and were flying war-weary aircraft. Even rhe introduction of rhe new Bf I09G-2 could not reverse rhe situation. Just as in the final phase of the Batrle of Brilain, Axis aircrews were suffering from low morale brought on by fatigue and frustralion.
Weaver was then shot down by a hasrily scrambled C202 pilored by Tenenre Paolo Daimani of 352" Sql/fldriglifl. The aggressive, exrroverred 'Okie' crash-landing on a beach ar Scoglirri. The Iralians had previously heard his radio charter, and Weaver was greered on rhe scene by his caprors wirh rhe line' Hello Claude. ' Following rhe deparrure of ~ 66 Officers from the Regia Aeronautica examine BRl12/X of No 185 Sqn on the beach at Scoglitti on 9 September 1942, its pilot, Sgt Claude Weaver, having already been taken prisoner (via Frederick Galeal 'Slim' Yarra in mid-July, Weaver had become No 185 Sqn's rop-scoring ace.
