Re: Which planes sank the MV Leda?
 

The Germans write that the torpedo boat TA-14 was hit by a rocket in the boiler room. From this it can be assumed that the "Beaufighters" took part in the attack. In addition to the 47th squadron, the 227nd, 252nd and 603nd squadrons of "Beaufighters" also operated in the Aegean Sea. Unfortunately, in this book
https://books.google.com.ua/books?id...ch%208&f=false
the desired page has been skipped.
I will try to find out from German colleagues
https://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/sm...cseen.html#new
attack time.

Re: Which planes sank the MV Leda?
 

I started to wade through the Ultra reports Nick mentions. Very interesting reading. Several mention the "Leda" and the convoy. The fourth escort ship was the R-195, so there were four escorts arranged in a square with the Leda in the center (as 38 squadron reports). The reports are not exactly in order and are mixed in with a lot of other messages, so you need to do a lot of digging to first find them, then do a little "rearranging" to get the exact sequence of events.

The 252 Squadron reports do record an attack on the escorts of the then burning Leda. When they arrived the Leda was already totally engulfed in flames so they carried out attack(s) on the escort ship(s). One attacker used rockets and another used cannons. Not clear if they attacked two different escorts or just one.

Re: Which planes sank the MV Leda?
 

German colleagues report that the TA-14 (escort ship) was attacked by a pair of Beaufighters from No 252 Squadron at 23:00 (German time).