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Originally Posted by Marius
...the assumption about 22 German aircraft (where is the evidence?)
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Evidence:
1)There were aircraft flying along the coast from west to east at the time of the battle (Lagebericht West 119, posted by yourself)
2) There were no British aircraft flying in that direction at the time (ORB's of RAF squadrons, all already mentioned in this topic)
ORB 38 Sqn gives some coded references as the area of their sweep, but stating that the route was clear of the Dutch coast. Time of mission between 12.37 and 15.50. But as the 38 Sqn did not sighted anything means they not pressed on to Heligoland Bight turning for home earlier.
It's clear that the aircraft flying eastwards from Borkum to Wangerooge
could be only German. Germans expected the British aircraft would be flying from the west along the coast (38 Sqn) and know nothing about actual streight of formation detected approaching from the west, so when they observed aircraft flying they cast no doubt about nationality of these.