sentences:  Three other SAAF pilots were killed in the engagement—the Germans reported no losses.Promoted to "Major" on 30 November 1942, he claimed a No.601 Squadron fighter 10 December and made a forced landing in his Bf 109 G-2 ("Werknummer" 10 725—factory number; 35% damage) following combat with a P-40 of the 66th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 57th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).