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RT	24th November 2014 15:47

Schipol FP

At which date i. fourth quarter of 1940, Schipol aerodrome has been bombed ??

Rémi

Jaap Woortman

24th November 2014 16:28

Re: Schipol FP

Rémi,

According to Bulletin Airwar nr. 37, 1978 Schiphol was bombed at :
October 1940: Schiphol 2,7,25,27
November 1940: Schiphol 1,19,27
December 1940 was not mentioned.

Bulletin Airwar is the magazine of the Dutch Study Group Airwar 1939-1945.

Jaap

Larry deZeng

24th November 2014 16:36

Re: Schipol FP

A-Schipol

14/15 Nov 40: bombed by about half of a mixed force of some 32 RAF bombers.

That's it for fourth quarter 1940.

Source: Middlebrook/Everitt. The Bomber Command War Diaries, 1939-1945. London: Penguin Books, 1990. p.104.

L.

RT	24th November 2014 17:46

Re: Schipol FP

Many thks for the fast, very fast answer indeed , no losses were reported for all these dates, I mean planes, casualties are known, but it seems that at least in one of those raids, the pers. plane of Gen. Christiansen was destroyed ..

Rémi

Nick Beale

24th November 2014 18:26

Re: Schipol FP

I have a little about the 14/15 November attack here: http://www.ghostbombers.com/1940/Coventry/cov_7.html

Source: National Archives AIR2/5238, Enemy Air Offensive against Great Britain (Code B, 45): Operation MOONLIGHT SONATA (bombing of Coventry) and counter-plan COLD WATER.

Larry deZeng

24th November 2014 19:18

Re: Schipol FP

I only have notes on 1 loss for this:

Flugbereitschaft beim Wehrmachtbefehlshaber in den Niederlanden:

1 Mar 42: Fw 58.

L.

Jaap Woortman

24th November 2014 20:08

Re: Schipol FP

I have found this:
RL 2 III/769 (28.01.1940 – 31.01.1941)
Ob.d.L. Genst.Gen.Qu. 6.Abt.(Ic) H.Qu. den 29.08.1940
Luftflotte 2.
11.) 24.8. Flugbereitsch. Luftzeuggruppe Holland Schiphol Bombenwurf
Ar. 66, 100% Bruch. Keine Personalverluste.

12.) 24.8. Flugbereitsch. Luftzeuggruppe Holland Schiphol Bombenwurf
Fi.156, 5% Bruch. Keine Personalverluste.

Other second-line aircraft have not been lost at Schiphol airfield in the second half of 1940.

Jaap

RT	25th November 2014 08:50

Re: Schipol FP

1942 is to late , the story hs been told by prisoner in Febr.41, but the Ar66 could be the right plane, many thks for all these data, a masterpiece , at least for the ref. given !!!

Rémi

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