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Re: Victory claims above Rouen may 1940
Hi,
The He.111 attacked by F/Lt.P.E.Warcup, F/O. D.S.Thom and Sgt.A.V.Clowes on 21st May is noted as belonging to 5/KG55 by Peter Caygill in "In All Things First" his no 1 Squadron History, he also notes that it had previously been attacked by French fighters and that it crash landed near Trier with 1-Killed, 2-wounded and pilot OK although he dates it as on the 23rd May not the 21st! as does Peter Cornwell in his superb BoF-T&N.
The Do.17 on 25th May was attacked by F/O E.J."Cobber" Kain and could have been one of several noted as damaged in combat in Peter Cornwell's book, however in Don Minterne's excellent 73 Squadron history he notes that Kain crashed in Hurricane "C" on landing back at Boos due to his undercarriage being damaged by return fire from the Dornier - Peter Cornwell does not mention this.
Cheers
Bruce Lander
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