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Originally Posted by robert
And can you tell me what losses were suffered by Erp.Gr.210 in this likely engagement?
Look at claims reported e.g. by III./ZG26, I,II./JG51. They were detailed to fly fighter sweeps in attack areas of KG2, KG3 and Erp.Gr.210 and III./ZG26 was most likely flying direct escort for one of those units.
Regards
Robert
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One Bf 110 damaged (Lt. Erich Beudel). All attacking aircraft of Erpr. Gr. 210 returned to Calais-Marck.
Sorry, Robert, 'most likely' cuts no ice with me at all. Do you have a source for direct escort to Erpr. Gr. 210 for the Martlesham Heath raid? Fighter sweeps in attack areas could mean hundreds of square miles quite easily, and then multiplied by the third dimensions of many thousands of feet...
I ask all of this, not to demolish any point you make, but rather to know of the exact source, because those Erpr. Gr. 210 crew that I interviewed, all said that that raid was conducted without escort, and the 3. Staffel Bf 109s waded into the Hurricanes that managed to get at the formation following the attack (interview with Hintze, in particular).