Marcel, Rod, Johannes and Stig many thanks for the replies to my thread, your input is greatly appreciated.
Marcel, not being too familiar with the geography of Germany I had not considered that the two actions I was enquiring about were further apart than 6 minutes flying time.
If we can substantiate that Brunner did shoot down JA708 I would certainly appreciate a photograph of him, and his or a similar aircraft.
Rod, my father's log book records a shoot down time of 2147 (UK time) this differs by just three minutes from the time of Brunner's first claim.
It would be interesting to know a little more about Brunner and I am pleased he survived the war.
Johannes, is it known where the quadrants were, and would Hofstatten and Koblenz have been in the same one? As far as altitudes are concerned I would suggest that a 1400 feet variation would be understandable, perhaps Brunner stated the altitude he commenced the attack and my father stated the height he realized the aircraft was lost. It would presumably been coming down very fast. My father was last out and on deploying his parachute got line stretch, an open canopy and landing.
JA708 was lost two minutes after bombing.
Stig, thanks for your points I am not familiar enough with the area to make a comment.
I have attached my father's log book entry. It was obviously filled in when he returned from P.O.W. camp.
Again, thanks for your help, David
