It returns home. A Ju 86P is shot down by a stripped Spitfire Mk. Several more intercepts follow in 1942. VI is found unable to intercept the Ju 86P and Ju 86R high-altitude recconaissance aircraft. IXs are modified for the high-altitude interception role, until the first Mk.
VIIs arrive at the end of the month.
The La-5 enters service with a special trials unit at Stalingrad. 2 September 1942 First flight of the Hawker Tempest Mk. Rommel abandons his attempt to break through the British lines at El Alamein. He does not have enough fuel, because most of his supply ships have been sunk. A Seafire Mk.