Loss over France – Night 9/10 May 1944
 

Hello/Bonjour,

I wondered if there was a loss which fitted with the statement below, made by a crew of RAF No.605 Squadron for the night of 9/10 May 1944.

“F/Lt Woods and F/O Ray on freelance to EVREUX. At AVORD they saw an aircraft burning furiously on the airfield. Seems extremely possible that the pilot panicked and crashed on realising that a Mosquito was in same area.”

Best regards,
Frederic

Re: Loss over France – Night 9/10 May 1944
 

Hello ,

I found the following info :

Avord-Bourges airfield 09/05/1944 JG105 BF-109G-2 WNr 14836 crashed by landing.

Regards
Alain57

Re: Loss over France – Night 9/10 May 1944
 

Thanks a lot Alain57 for this info - It seems the pilot had been unhurt.

Best regards,
Frederic

Re: Loss over France – Night 9/10 May 1944
 

JG 105 were only doing flight training during daylight.
Junker

Re: Loss over France – Night 9/10 May 1944
 

Hello Junker,

So, perhaps losses for K.G. 66 which had also Staffeln based on this airfield at the time? Or perhaps also a possibility with units which used this airfield for night training? I forgot to mention, on the ORB "record of events" the crew states also "aircraft single fin".

Best regards,
Frederic