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Which Kampfgeschwader hit Bircham on 21.08.40
I have one ORB that say Dorniers and another from the station records which said Junkers 88. Papers relating to Douglas Bader mention 'a single raider slipped over the coastline and bombed Bircham before we could get airborne'
I happened to be looking at his papers because I was unsure as to the time it hit Bircham Newton seeing that KG2 and KG3 were active in the afternoon over Norfolk. And 242 and 611 Sqns attacked.
Thankfully a note from 'Ollie' Wakefields in 1991 said 08:00.
Considering that between 22 and 27 personnel died there is not a lot of info, even the local Observer Crops/Civil Defence have very little. Sorry I'm forgetting it a Coastal Command station not a Fighter Command one. Silly me.
Yours Faithfully,
Andy Bird
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