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Originally Posted by Chris Goss
The only recorded combat with a Whitley on 14 Jul 42 was D/58 Sqn which damaged a Ju 88 off the SW Approaches at 2133 hrs
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Hi Chris
I hope all is well with you.
More from hope than evidence-based but on this day Gaul was flying with Major Robert Kowalewski as pilot. Although Gaul's flugbuch shows the aircraft as an Fw200, Kowalewski did at least on occasion fly a Ju88, as I think is shown by these two photos from Gaul's album if my aircraft I.D. is up to scratch (which it may not be!).
Clutching at straws, I know but the mission that day was a patrol of the Bay of Biscay lasting 8 hours 21 minutes, which could have put them in the right place perhaps. Then again, the duration perhaps suggests it must have been a Fw200. I guess the Whitley could have mis-identified the aircraft - but in July it was not yet dark at 21:33, which might have explained why a Condor was reported as a Ju88. Maybe, maybe, maybe….
Best wishes
Tim O.