[Brian Bines]

Hi Marcel,

W/C Crew with W/O Croysdill of 96 Sqd. claimed a Me410 off Beachy Head at 0205 hrs. and another damaged off Hastings at 0220hrs. F/O Hedgecoe with P/O Bamford claimed a Ju 88 destroyed off Dieppe at 0258 hrs. comfirmed by W/C Crew.
As far as I can see losses were Ju88S-1 Z6+KH crew off Uffz. Windelband all missing, Fw190G-3 of 3/SKG10 Fw Heinrich Greeve missing and Hpt Gruner crashing at Camaches at 0310hrs following N/F attack.
With all such night claims if is difficult to be positive, I would assume Crew got the Fw190 and one Ju88 (was Gruner's aircraft the 410 claimed as damaged ? ). However Hedgecoe claimed his as a Ju88, seeing a glow on the sea, if however he only damaged Gruners a/c 12 minutes would be in the flying time off Dieppe to Camaches a distance of some 50 km.

Regards

Brian Bines