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Re: 75 Sqn RAF in search for Hipper class cruiser 27 May 41
Hi, I finally found the time to check the magazine "Batailles Aériennes n° 35" (from 2006) that is about air activity in the West between 15 April and 17 June 1941.
On 27 May 1941 there were several missions by German bombers over the Ocean to help Bismarck. My source describes more precisely two missions by KG 54 (source: the KG 54 book by Radtke): 8 Ju 88 in the morning and 16 in the afternoon, but no contact with enemy ships or aircraft is described, only bad weather that hindered the afternoon operation.
No details on other units operations but there were only two losses of German bombers (or bomber-like) in the area:
_ the Ju 88 C-4 WNr 359 of I./NJG 2 was attacked near Lannion by mistake by a Bf 109: damage 50% and two crew wounded
_ the Ju 88 A-5 WNr 3314 of II./KG 1 force-landed near Herleville with 30% damage: no cause given in my source.
Hope this helps.
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