[Peter Cornwell]

I have no record of LEHMANN on August 16, 1940, only the following losses to III./StG2:

Stab III./StG2 Junkers Ju87B-1. Returned damaged following combat with fighters off Selsey Bill 1.00 p.m. FF Hptmn Heinrich Brücker (Gruppenkommandeur) and BF Uffz Alfred Zimmer both slightly wounded. Aircraft damage state not recorded.

7./StG2 Junkers Ju87B-1. Shot down by fighters in combat off Selsey Bill 1.00 p.m. FF Lt Fritz-Oskar Kühn and BF Gefr Josef Wenzel both missing. Aircraft 100% write-off.

7./StG2 Junkers Ju87B-1. Shot down in combat with fighters over Selsey Bill and believed crashed in the Channel 1.00 p.m. FF Uffz Hans Liebing and BF Uffz Alfred Wiartalla both missing. Aircraft 100% write-off.

7./StG2 Junkers Ju87B-1. Set alight in attack by fighters during combat off the Isle of Wight and abandoned over Poole Harbour 1.00 p.m. FF Fw Gerhard Gräfenhain baled out and captured badly wounded in both legs, BF Uffz Johannes Voigt missing. Aircraft 100% write-off.

7./StG2 Junkers Ju87B-1. Shot down in combat with fighters over Selsey Bill and believed crashed in the Channel 1.00 p.m. FF Uffz Richard Serwottka and BF Gefr Karl Wagner both missing. Aircraft 100% write-off.

8./StG2 Junkers Ju87B-1. Returned damaged by fighters during combat over Selsey Bill 1.00 p.m. FF Uffz Gerhard Schütz badly wounded, gunner unhurt. Aircraft damage state not recorded.

9./StG2 Junkers Ju87B. Returned badly damaged following combat with fighters over Selsey Bill 1.00 p.m. FF Uffz Willi Knabe badly wounded, BF Obergefr Werner Nobis killed. Aircraft damage state not recorded.