German Junkers Ju 86 Z-7 ex-passenger planes were used by the 11th and 12th squadrons of the South African Air Force (SAAF) as bombers in East Africa.Diary for Sunday, February 16, 1941:
Air War
South African aircraft dive-bomb Italian positions on East bank of river Juba, in Southern Italian Somaliland.
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