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Re: He 111 lost 8th August 1942 near Isle of Wight
Dear Chris,
In Luftwaffe Aerial Torpedo Aircraft and Operations in WW2 by Harold Thiele - Hikoki Publications I came across this entry on Page 42:
3/4 August 1942 - ENGLISH CHANNEL
The III./KG 26 mounted its first torpedo operation from Rennes when 11 aircraft attacked a small convoy to the south-west of the Scilly Isles. The crews claimed to have sunk or damaged six ships totalling 20,000 GRT and on 4 August the OKW reported that three merchant ships had been hit. In fact, the British freighter El Ciervo (5,800 GR1) was struck by a torpedo about 13 km off Start Point, but the ship did not sink and it is not clear whether this was due to the same Luftwaffe action. All German aircraft returned to base and III./KG 26 transferred to Banak soon afterwards.
Incidentally Start Point if they mean the one near the Isle of Wight is not too far from Christchurch. So could this unit be a contender?
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Larry Hayward
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