In 1942 Hitler personally selected Galland to organise the fighter escort for the Channel Dash mission
but the slow advance of the British Infantry to take advantage of the heavy brigades success had given the Russian forces time to take away Artillery pieces from captured redoubts
One of only a few airliners ever to feature the tail 'quad' engine arrangement
Although this is a point of argument as to the improbability
Hans-Ekkehard Bob in his Bf109E of 3
The Hunters by David Pentland. (GS) REG375 In 1942 Hitler personally selectedDHM6367GS. The Hunters by David Pentland. The Fezzan, Libya, North Africa, November, 1942. The Italian Reparto Celere 3 of the 'Raggruppamento Sahariano AS', was the first unit to be equipped with the unique Camionetta 42 'Sahariana'. The platoon was used for patrols and had its first clashes with the LRDG on 17 November, when it lost one Sahariana, and on 25 November, when it succeeded in destroying four out of the eight enemy vehicles it