[hautemarnechris]

Following on from my last post. I've looked at the Ultra decrypts for this.

III./Jg76 was at Athis (sometimes called Tours-sur-Marne) airfield on 22/08/44. The following day it reported a sharpdrop in serviceability which was questioned by JagdKorps II.

On the 25/08/44 Jg76 responded saying that its "high losses" since its previous strength report a couple of days earlier were

18 a/c missing
3 a/c 100% damaged
2 Belly landings
5 Shot up

They don't sound like ground attack losses to me and, anyway, are far more severe than Kent mentions in the attack mounted by 358fg/365FS on Chalons-sur-Marne in which Brassler was killed.

Rob, may I ask what is your source for the ground attack on Athis/Tours sur Marne on the 22/8/44?

My interest is in establishing whether or not during August there was an attack on Athis in which the resident unit was wiped out. Jg76 took over Athis from II./Jg3 on 20/21 August.

II./Jg3 reported no significant losses from airfield attack during August.

Therefore, my reasoning is that if there were significant losses at Athis from air attack it must have been when III./Jg76 were there. Alternatively, if there weren't any significant losses to ground attack at Athis then my source is incorrect.

Help please - any contribution would be very gratefully received.