Blenheim lost (?) on 03/15/42

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What could be the identity of the Blenheim claimed by 1/JG2 (H.Baudach 17h35) on 03/15/42?...unknown place... (Holland?)

The same guy claimed a Spit (SW Utrecht 14h00)
michel

[Alex Smart]

Spitfire would possibly have been a PRIV of 1401 Flight , X4503.

I think that the only Blenheim lost was an 11 Sqn a/c over Sri Lanks(Ceylon).

A Beaufort of 217 Sqn, N1017 and a Beaufighter of 236 Sqn T4878 were both lost over the sea.
And a Hudson was lost in the Guernsey area, V9128 of 233 Sqn.

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The victim of Baudach is the Beaufighter of 236°Sqd.

Thanks
michel

[TigerTimon]

Would this pilot have taken off from Katwijk, Haamstede or Vlissingen?
Lexikon der Wehrmacht and ww2.dk by Holm are not clear.


Regards, Timon

[TigerTimon]

Did Feldwebel Baudach fly on his own or with a wingman?
How did the interception of the PR Spitfire look like? Was this like: the great early-warning radars picked up the target and the Messerschmitt (or Rotte) was scrambled
OR were the Messerschmitts of JG 2 on a routine patrol and came by the Spitfire?


Could someone who has insight in Flugbücher (log books) shed a light on this?


Thanks, Timon

[Chris Goss]

Thanks to the Channel Dash, I./JG 2 had moved to Calais and then Katwijk but used Vlissingen, Haamstede and Stade as an absprungplatz. I am afraid that without a FB or combat report, your questions will be hard to answer but I will say that they would have had an alarmrotte for just such incursions

[TigerTimon]

Thanks for your reply!