615 Squadron Engagement over Magwe.

[AndyL]

Can anyone tell me which Japanese units engaged 615 Squadron over Magwe on December 24th 1942? P/O Grestock and F/Sgt Oldham damaged enemy fighters, with the loss of Sgt Kostromin. Any ideas please?

Regards

Andy

[Jagan]

Chris Shores in "Air War over Burma", Page 44 says the unit was the 50th Sentai. He also mentions that Oldham's damaged Ki43 may actually have been a 'destroyed' Ki43

[AndyL]

Thank you Jagan, it's much appreciated. This is a sphere of research that I have never touched before, so I'm pretty much going with the flow. Good to ID the Japanese unit though.

Regards

Andy

[Tom Semenza]

Just to clarify that Oldham's claim was for strafing on the ground rather than in the air.

Cheers,
Tom