[Andreas Brekken]

Hi, all

Regarding the He 59s, the first message is referenced as coming from the SKL, stating that 4 He 59 was destroyed 'on the ground' in Stavanger - I believe that the later losses as reported by KGzbV 108 stating that only 3 aircraft were indeed damaged in Stavanger is correct.

For the full text the first message reads:

SKL teilt mit, daß bei Beschiessung auf Stavanger am 17.IV. vier He 59 am Boden vernichtet, Besatzungen unverletzt; 2 He 115 beschädigt und die Anlagen Seeflugplatz Stavanger schwer beschädigt wurden.

Later; referenced from the wire transfer to LZGr See:

Flugzeugverluste KG zbV 108 bis 21.IV.40:

Am 17.IV. He 59 W.Nr. 1834, 1898 und 2796 verbrannt in Stavanger, bei Artilleriebeschiessung. He 59 W.Nr. 2856 am 1.IV. verbrannt in Bergen bei Luftangriff.

I am VERY certain that no He 59 was destroyed in Bergen due to an aerial attack on April 1st - thus I believe this is a typo and the last He 59 lost (but not in Stavanger, in Bergen) was WNr 2856. But we still have to decide on which date!

This also correspond with the entries in the RL 2 III 884, were the entry for KG zbV 108 for April 17th reads:

He 59 3 Totalverlust Stavanger Fdl.Beschuss
He 59 1 Totalverlust Bergen Fdl.Luftangriff

But in the GenQu 6 Abt records the He 59 WNr 2856 is referenced as being destroyed on April 21st, not on the 17th.

RL 2 III 884 has no KG zbV 108 loss for April 21st...

We will just have to dig out on which date there was an air raid on Bergen - hopefully not on both April 17th and April 21st - this far it seems I can only find reference to Bomber Command attacking Bergen on the 17th

Regards,
Andreas B