fell tumbling from their horses
They attacked the Bv138 which blew up before going on to attack a Heinkel He115 floatplane which was in the vicinity
a direct descendent of their successful D
a vicious two-day battle took place in which the Germans came face to face with the premier French tank
The 1st Battalion were dropped at 1403
The Hunters by David Pentland. (P) BAT20 fell tumbling from their horsesDHM6367P. 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 encountered.