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And that village Tatouine should have a relevance to WW2 flight simmers:

on 3rd March 1943, half of RAF 112 squadron's twelve aircraft were shot down in one dogfight with about 30 Me109s, near "Tatouine". Of the 6 brave men who went missing, 3 were english, 2 canadian & one US. 112 (shark) squadron was part of the Desert Air force, flying Kittyhawks then. This was one of their blackest days.

The 112 squadron history lists:
10.3.43 FR325 Flt Lt R Smith A/C shot down near Foum Tatahouin
10.3.43 FR295 Fl Off D Bruce A/C shot down near Foum Tatahouin
10.3.43 245798 Fg Off G Wiley A/C shot down near Foum Tatahouin
10.3.43 FR131 Plt Off R Smith A/C shot down near Foum Tatahouin
10.3.43 FR275 Flt Sgt R DeBourke A/C shot down near Foum Tatahouin
10.3.43 FR361 Sgt J Oliver A/C shot down near Foum Tatahouin

I wonder if the crew of Star Wars knew, as they were filiming, of the real "Air Wars" that preceded them there?