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On Sun. 18 Apr 1943 47 P-40 and 12 Spitfire fighters intercepted a lar.....

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47 P-40 and 12 Spitfire fighters intercepted a large Axis air convoy off Tunisia, shooting down 24 German transport aircraft, 10 German fighters, and some Italian fighters. So many lives were lost that the Germans dubbed the action Palm Sunday Massacre

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