[Adriano Baumgartner]

Paul and Niall,

I've just bought and read the mervellous book from Cdr. Robert Peverell Hichens, DSO, DSC tittled "We fought them in gunboats".

What I read suggests that there was, at least in some actions, some kinf of support from the RAF for the RN missions, particularly when those MTB or MGBs were late and probably would be in mid-Channel at daylight ( returning from a night operation damaged, for example ). On this case, the fighters would cover the safe return of those fast ships. Cdr. Hichens do mention one mission when he was afraid of being caught in mid-channel by Fw 190 ( well armed ), in daylight.

I remember another occasion ( on his book ) where it seems the MGB and MTB telegraphed and asked RAF support to hunt down some E-Boats that were damaged on a night mission and escaped to Holland at day break...

Particularly, I do not have documents or files to prove that there was some kind of cooperation between the RN and RAF on these E-Boat huntings; although I believe that there was.

Yours

Adriano