01.07.42 Rommel attacks first time at El Alamein and Deir el Shein

In the early morning 12 x Kittyhawk No 450 sqd & 3.RAAF escorting 9 x Bostons to Deir
el Shein ....combat with 4 x Bf 109 of III/JG 53
One curtiss was downed
4 x No 272 sqd Beaufighter attacked AFB Fuka : destroyed 2 x JU 52 , 2 x BF 110 and
one SM 79
19.00 6 x BF 109 III/JG 53 attacked 2 recon Hurricane ..one downed
4 x II/JG 27 and 10 x I/JG 27 Bf 109 in combat with 11 x RAF bomber with 20 escort
planes infron of El Alamein .... 109 attacked ..shot 5 xCurtiss down
Also I/JG 27 shot one Curtiss down
No 33 sqd gets new Hurricane II C
No 601 sqd gets combat ready ..Spitfire V C
New Halifax bomber groups 10/227 & 76/462
In USA 57 FG with P 40 F "Warhawk" on board of US Ranger
III/JG 53 lost one plane at Malemes at take off accident ...pilot dead

02.07.42 07.10 5 x BF 109 of III/JG 27 free hunting over the frontline : spotted 20 x bomber & 30
X escort fighter over El Daba.... 11 x Wellingtons ..9 x Bostons and 20 fighter in combat ...
Luftwaffe downed 3 Curtiss
I/JG 27 alert scramble on No 252 sqd Beaufighters ..before attacked Fuka AFB .........
two Beaufighters downed ( one by Mc 202 ) one damaged
5 x BF 109 I/JG 27 attacked 8 x Kittyhawk of 2.SAAF and Bostons .... 3 Curtiss downed
....No 112 claimed one 109 possible downed
1 x 24.SAAF crashed on final
No 73 sqd claimed one Ju 88 by night
7.SAAF only Hurricane MK I ..ordered for defence cap missions over own bases

03.07.42 Luftwaffe flew 126 sorties ...RAF 780 sorties
07.00 4.SAAF 10 x Kittyhawk escorting one bomber sqd (Bostons) 3 x BF 109 III/JG 53
on free hunting at Hamammam ...the Bf 109 were lower then the Kittyhawk one 109 downed
No 145 sqd scrambeled at El Alamein on BF 109 -Mc 202....one Spitfire damaged
2.SAAF on cap mission ..always attacked by 2 X BF 109 ...one RAF plane downed
4 x BF 109 I/JG 27 meet single Curtiss ...downed near El Alamein
No 213 sqd escorted bomber ...attacked by 11 x BF 109 - Mc 202 .... 3 planes down
8 x Kittyhawk of 3.RAAF on a jabo mission ..one plane lost by AA fire
2.SAAF 8 x Kittyhawk always attacked by single BF 109 ...one heavy damaged
12 x Hurricane of No 274 attacked with bombs an artillery camp ..attacked by 3 x Mc
202 ..one ita lian downed
20 x Hurricane patrol over El Alamein No 73 & No 33 sqd ..attacked by III/JG 27 ..3
Hurricane downed
12 x Hurricane of o 274 vs 4 x Mc 202 ..2 x Mc 202 damaged
5 x Hurricane of No 213 sqd atacked by 4 x BF 109 I/JG 27 ....4 Hurricane killed
20 x BF 109 escorting Stuka I/StG 3 ....III/JG 27 had combat with No 73 & No 33 ... one
Hurricane downed .. 3 x JU 87 killed
No 112 lost one plane in a jabo mission
5.SAAF reported one BF 109 down
252 sqd Beaufighter reported Fuka AFB ..4 x 109 destroyed ..1 SM 79 destroyed .. 6 x
109 damaged
1.SAAF & No 274 ordered to intercept Stukas ...escorted by III/JG 27 and Mc 202
...Luftwaffe reported 3 x Curtiss down
RAF reporting : 13 Ju 87 and one BF 109 downed
III/ZG 26 em landing at El Daba
I/NJG 2 shot one Wellington by night
No 46 sqd and No 87 reporting 4 x Ju 88 by night

04.07.42 06.15 I/JG 27 ...2 x BF 109 alert scramble ..spotted 20 jabos ... 2 x Curtiss downed
23 x BF 109 escorting Ju 87 ..combat with 9 x Hurricanes No 213 sqd ...2 Hurricanes
killed ...No 213 reporting 3 BF 109 downed ( Mc 202 ? )
Next Stuka escort at 12.00 with 25 xBF 109 without combat at El Alamein
13.00 5 x BF 109 I/JG 27 : spotted 17 bomber ; attacked from 10 x Hurricane from high
alt .... 1 x 109 downed ( Lt. Körner )
1 x 272 No Beaufighter strafed on the road .... downed by the rtb I/JG 27 109´s
14.00 12 x Kittyhawk of No 450 & 3.RAAF attacked AFB El Darba ...strafed vehicles on
rtb ..spotted 1 x BF 110 4(H)/12 ..downed
17.25 19 x BF 109 escorted Stuka .... 20 Hurricanes of NO 80,No 92 and 1.SAAF at
Burg el Arab - El Alamein : 4 x Ju 87 + 1 109 downed ... 6 Hurricane reported
19.00 Stuka attack again II/StG 3 ..escorted by 19 x Bf 109 ...attacked by Kittyhawk No
112 sqd ... 1 x Ju 87 downed ... 2 Curtiss downed ..2 x damaged
I/KLG 1 lost over Suez one Ju 88 by RAF night fighter
Rommel stoped attacks at El Alamein ..... and get to defence ( lost 20 tanks in the last
hours )

05.07.42 7 x Kittyhawk flew armed recon mission in the early morning ...spotted 1 x Ju 88 I/KLG1
..downed , then strafed one AFB : 1 x Ju 88, 1 x Bf 109 destroyed
07.00 No 213 sqd combat with 4 x BF 110 & 1 x Ju 88 : RAF reported 2 x BF 110
downed and one Ju 88 ( III/JG 53 reported combat with 20 Kittyhawk )
07.20 2.SAAF 9x Kittyhawk ecorting Bostons ..attacked by alert Rotte of I/JG 27 ..one Bf
109 downed
10.00 Bostons bombed railway statin at Daba.
4.SAAF 9x Kittyhawk combat with 6 x BF 109 : RAF reported 1 BF 109 ...one possible
No 112 & No 250 with bombs attacked AFB Quotaifiya : 2 x BF 109 E scrambled ...one
down ..one possible
III/JG 27 combat with Kittyhawks ....one Curtiss downed
2 x BF 109 II/JG 27 surprised by Hurricanes form high alt ...one 109 damged
10.35 No 145 sqd 12 x Spitfire ..one lost by oxgen problems
No 450 sqd 6 x Kittyhawk on jabo mission ..2 Curtiss lost
12.35 first combat mission No 601 sqd 3 x Spitfire ...combat with single Me 210
...damaged
No 213 sqd spotted 4 x Mc 202 ..one Mc 202 downed ..one damaged
14.20 all Bf 109 fighter escort for Stuka ..combat with Spitfire ......3 x Spitfire downed ...
No 33 sqd reported also combat with BF 109 ....two reported down,
one damaged ..lost one Curtiss
6 x BF 109 combat with 20 Kittyhawk ...one Curtiss downed at Burg el Arab
Luftwaffe fighters flew 112 sorties
I/NJG 2 reported 2 Wellington and one unknown plane
No 38 missed one Wellington over Tobruk
No 108 Wellington crashed on final after combat with Ju 88 ....also one Ju 88 crashed
on AFB
Two Ju 88 II/KLG 1 lost over Suez

06.07.42 9x Kittyhawk of No 4.SAAF combat with 6 x BF 109 ..one 109 reported downed ..then 9
x Kittyhawk strafed AFB Mumin Busak
12 x RAF bomber also bombed AFB Mumin Busak ..one italian plane destroyed
30 min later again 11 x bomber bombed AFB Mumin Busak ..one plane destroyed
12.00 12 Kityhawk No 2.SAAF escorted Bostons ...attacked by 2 x Bf 109 III/JG 27
...one Curtiss damaged
12.40 III/JG 27 reports 3 x Curtiss downed
5 x Spitfire No 601 attacked 3 x Ju 88 + 5 x Bf 109 III/JG 53 ...two Spitfire killed
No.40 SAAF lost one plane on a recon mission by AA fire
No 252 sqd lost one Beaufighter during jabo mission on vehicles
6 x II/JG 27 Bf 109 combat with 8 x Kittyhawk No 260 sqd ...one 1 x 109 downed
I/NJG 2 downed 2 x Wellington ...one Ju 88 C6 killed
No 46 sqd shot 2 x He 111

07.07.42 I/JG 27 2 x BF109 shot 1 x Gladiator at EL Adem ..maybe an Albacore or an Cr 42
12.00 12.SAAF 11 x Bostonst escorted by 20 x planes of 4.&5.SAAF coambat at El
Daba with Mc 202 ...one Boston downed ...also one Tomahawk
15.00 8 x Bf 109 II/JG 27 escorted 8 x Ju 88 on vehicles ....one Ju 88 downed by AA fire
20 x Hurricane No 73 / No 213 combat with Cr 42 ... 2 x Cr 42 downed
4 x Spitfire of No 601 combat with 3 x Bf 109 and 3 x Mc 202 ..one Spitfire damaged
No 145 Spitfire reported one BF 109 damaged
III/ZG 26 one jabo mission downed by AA fire
No 46 sqd reported 2 x He 111 downed

08.07.42 Hurricanes of No 33, No 127, 1.SAAF combat with 6 x BF 109 I/JG 27 ....two
Hurricanes No 33 killed
11.30 I/JG 27 downed 3 x Hurricanes ..then Hurricane No 127 reported 2 x BF 109
downed ..( not confirmed)
31 x Kittyhawk No 250 , No 112 , 3.RAAF, jabo missions vs german AFB ...Ju 87 just
scrambeled ...6 x Bf 109 attacked ...RAF
4 x Bf 109 strafed vehicles ..but Olt Sinner saw own vehicles ... attack was stoped
....marked with smoke bombs ..but 6 x Ju 87 attacked with bombs again

09.07.42 Beaufighters of No 252 attacked 18 x Ju 52 escorted by 2 x Bf 110 ...one Beaufighter
was lost
In the evening 8 x BF 109 I/JG 27 attacked 5 x B24 of USAAF over sea : 1 x B 24 was
downed .. 1x Bf 109 damaged
Luftwaffe flew 127 sorties

10.0742 Luftwaffe flew 149 sorties
In the morning 4 x Bf 109 II/JG 27 attacked 21 x Hurricane of No 274 & 1.SAAF at El
Alamein ...one Hurricane downed
Then the Hurricanes had combat with Bf109 and Mc 202 ( Stukas near El Alamein ) ..2
MC downed
17 x BF 109 of II/JG 27 & III/JG 27 ...Luftwaffe reorts 8 kills of all types
Some minutes later 11 x Hurricanes attacked 5 x CR 42 ......2 x Cr 42 downed .....
Free hunting No 80, No 92, No 127 sqd Hurricanes spotted 22 x Bf 109 and Ju 88 ....6 x
BF 109 I/JG 27 attacked : 2 x Hurricanes and 2 x Curtiss downed
15 x Kittyhawks No 450, No 250,No 112 attacked german AFB ... 5 x Bf 109 cap
mission : 3 Kittyhawk downed
3 x Kittyhawk attacked again ... 1x Mc 202 and one BF 109 E downed ...one Curtiss lost
20 x Kittyhawk 2.SAAF & No 260 sqd combat with Mc 202 and some Bf 109 .... one Mc
202 downed
No 145 sqd flying 6 sorties : one BF 109 downed ..two possible

11.07.42 13 x No 252 & 272 sqd Beaufighter over sea Ju 52 hunting : they spotted between
Crete and Tobruk ..30 xJu 52 , 1 x He 111, 1x Bf 110 , 1 x Ju 88 :
3 x Ju 52 downed ...5 possible with heavy damage ..... 1 Beaufighter downed by Bf
110 ..... 2 Beaufighter damaged ..crashed at landing
No 238 sqd Hurricanes shot combat with BF 109 at El Alamein ... one Bf 109 hit ...one
Hurricane also damaged
16 x Hurricanes of No 73 and 7.SAAF combat vs III/JG 53 4 x Bf 109 ...one Bf 109 lost
24 Kittyhawk and Tomahawks 2 & 5 .SAAF escorting 12 Bostons south west of El
Alamein : spotted 30 x Ju 87 and 28 x BF 109 .... 2 Ju 87 and 2 x 109 downed
8 Kittyhawk/Tomahawk killed ...4 damaged
5 x Cr 42 shot one Bf 110 ..then they bombed german forces
19.00 4 x Spitfire of No 145 covering 12 x Hurricanes of No 213 : 2 x BF 109 downed
( Mc ? )
26 x BF 109 escorting Ju 88 ..one Ju 88 downed by AA fire ..II/KLG 1
one BF 110 missed in a recon flight 4.(H)/12

12.07.42 Luftwaffe flew 50 sorties
4 x Spitfire No 145 attacked by Bf 109 ( Mc 202 ) ...one Spitfire damaged
In the evening 4 x III/JG 53 esorting one BF 109 E ( recon ) vs 12 x Kittyhawk ...one
Curtiss downed ...one Bf 109 killed
At the same time other Schwarm III/JG 53 combat vs 30 RAF fighter ..one Curtiss
downed....
13.07.42 III/JG 27 one Rotte had combat with 12 RAF fighter south of Hammam .... 3 Hurricanes
killed
8 x Kittyhawk of 2.SAAF escorting Bostons , 6 Spitfire of No 601, and Hurricanes No 80
sqd : Spitfires spotted 15 x Ju 88 escorted by 6 x Mc 202 one Mc down
one Mc 202 damaged
Short combat between 2.SAAF and 2 x Bf 109 ..one 109 damaged
Same time 40 x BF 109 escorting Ju 87 & Ju 88 : several combat .. 2 Curtiss downed ....
10 x III/JG 53 Bf 109 combat with 14 x RAF fighter : one 109 killed .... two Hurricanes
damged
34 x BF 109 escorted again Stuka without combat
27 x BF 109 in the evening ....III/JG 53 combat with 20 x RAF fighter ..without
results ..14 x II/JG 27 combat with 15 RAF fighter : also involved 15 x Cr 42
two Hurricanes of 1.SAAF killed ...2 x Cr 42 killed ..3 damaged
Bf 109 downs one Hurricane at El Alamein
Bf 109 reported on Curtiss downed at Quassba
BF 109 downed 2 x Spitfire 19.40 south Hammam
Regia Aeronautica downed one B-24
AA fire downed two RAF planes at Tobruk, one over Benghasi
No 227 lost one Halifax
III/ZG 26 lost one BF 110 on the way from Crete to Tobruk