Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum - LG1 and 1/KG54 attack Leicester

Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum (http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/index.php)

- Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces (http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/forumdisplay.php?f=8)

- - LG1 and 1/KG54 attack Leicester - please help! (http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=9235)

Re: LG1 and 1/KG54 attack Leicester - please help!

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve sheridan (Post 45490)

Hi Bombphoon, glad i could help, albeit not giving you the info your seeking!
Perhaps maybe you could help me? From Radtke's book on KG54 do you have any information on losses for either 20.5.40 or 30.5.40. Looking to tie up scant information i have from another source.

Best regs,
Steve.

Hi Steve

According to Radtke, there were no losses on either 20th or 30th May 1940 (but there were 15 losses on 19/5 - all to fighters - looks like quite a battle!)

Hope this makes sense

Cheers

Austin

Re: LG1 and 1/KG54 attack Leicester - please help!

Good morning Austin,
Thank you for checking the dates i asked for, it would seem i have been mis-lead with information, from another source.
I have had information from another member which confrms the same as yourself. Thanks for looking.
Steve.

Ps. the info i was given relates to losses from KG4 and not KG54!!

Re: LG1 and 1/KG54 attack Leicester - please help!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bombphoon (Post 45483)

:) Hi everyone - this is my first posting on this very interesting forum.

I'm writing to kindly ask if anyone can help me with some research I am doing.

I have been given some documents that show the Luftwaffe bomber units LG1 and 1/KG54 bombed Leicester on 19/20 November 1940.

I have the book 'Kampfgeschwader 54: Eine Chronik Nach Kriegstagebuchern, Dokumneten und Berichten 1935-1945' by Siegfried Radtke, Schild-Verlag (1990), but unfortunately it makes no mention of the raid.

I see there is a book called 'Die Geschichte des Lehrgeschwaders 1: Band 1: 1936-1942' by Peter Taghon. Does anyone own it? Can they please tell me if it mentions the Leicester raid of 19/20 November 1940?

Does anyone have any further info on this raid?

Anyone who is able to answer these questions will get a full credit in the book I am writing on the air raids on Leicestershire.

Many thanks for taking the time to read this posting.

Hi.we had a stick of bombs that night dudley" here.
as bomb damage in front of my church still bares the scars from a direct hit over road shop. also west midlands were subject to raids too. wton bean works and bsa works too in wton.that night.Gary