VICTORIES
NAME DESTROYED PROBABLE DAMAGED OTHER UNIT COMMENTS
unknown 1 [0+1] - - 2 Squadron
unknown - - - 1 2 Squadron
unknown - - - 1 2 Squadron
unknown - - - 1 2 Squadron
Air-to-Air Victories
Date |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Pilot |
Victim |
Result |
Country |
02.05.1941 |
2 Squadron |
Gladiator |
unknown |
Hawker Audax |
destroyed on the ground |
RAF |
02.05.1941 |
2 Squadron |
Gladiator |
unknown |
Hawker Audax |
destroyed on the ground |
RAF |
02.05.1941 |
2 Squadron |
Gladiator I |
unknown |
Airspeed Oxford |
destroyed on the ground |
RAF |
04.05.1941 |
2 Squadron |
Gladiator |
unknown |
Vickers Wellington |
shared destroyed(a) |
RAF |
(a) Shared with Anti-aircraft artillery.
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Gloster Gladiator, Royal Iraqi Air Force.
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