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Cheers Gents,

Frank - found the combat report now - many thanks for the steer. It has the same words as Foreman and not Collier but with the addition of hand written designation of aiming points.

Ju88 combat timed at 08:25 hrs and Bf109 at 08:30 hrs.

Peter - It's difficult to reconcile the numbers and formation of raid described by both No.610 and No.85 Sqn as being associated with the 5.(F)/122 unless they were either operating in three waves or had attached to the larger bomber formation.

Thanks for the update on KG53 loss - this makes sense for something else in my files, especially with the Ultra from Nick.

So I'm back to a seabed Ju88 wreck with empty external bomb racks in the location described by Hamlyn combat report, showing signs of ditched landing and jettison of rear cockpit canopy.

My short list of possible identities with the exception of Hamlyn's claim all arrived at the sea surface at high speed and sharp angles from height. (more like that suggested in Hamlyn's combat report rather than Colliers description).

So I'm not really much further forward - JG51 was in operation 8 to 10am over S England but no clue as to county eg Kent to Hampshire. I think I can eliminate some KGs from the Ultra leaving the remaining.

Always possible that the wreck is from a unit I've missed so I'll go back over the paper trail.

Regards
Ross