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Re: Ju188 crash Wiltshire 1943
The KG6 history shows this as a daylight (dusk) nuisance attack on Southampton, Hastings and Newhaven. A later POW report with a section on this raid says that on 1-11-43 twelve aircraft of I/KG6 took off from Chievres to attack Southampton, with the target to be bombed through cloud on a Knickebein intersection. While over the Channel a recall message was sent and seven aircraft returned but five aircraft carried on losing one of their number (the 3E+CL). The crew of Oblt. Schmid fell to a Mosquito near Hungerford Berkshire but his unit is indicated in the KG 6 history as Erprobungstaffel 188 rather than I/KG6. There is a combat report for the Schmid crew but 3E+CL is shown to have decended under cloud cover, circled and then crashed with no N/F action.
The Home Office Key Points reports just states on Monday 1st. Nov. shortly before darkness, eight aircraft came inland with incidents reported in Kent, Isle-of-Wight, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset - no Key Points affected,
Hope this is of some Help,
Brian Bines
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