[Peter Cornwell]

Laurent, More precise locations (where known) from current EOE listings:

20 September 1939 BRITISH AIR FORCES IN FRANCE 88 Squadron, Mourmelon Battle K9242. Severely damaged by Bf109s during reconnaissance sortie over the German frontier and crash-landed on fire at Juvelize, west of Sarrebourg. Probably that claimed by Lt Kurt Liedke of 5./JG53 over Bitsch 10.46 a.m. (Pilot) Flying Officer R. C. Graveley badly burned - evacuated to RAF Halton Hospital, (Obs) Sergeant William Stanley Everett severely wounded - leg amputated but died same day, (WOp) AC1 David Joshua John killed. Aircraft a write-off.

13 October 1939 Bomber Command 114 Squadron, Wyton Blenheim IV N6160. Shot down 3km south-west of Duisburg by Lt Kurt Kirchner of 1./JG 52 during reconnaissance sortie 1.40 p.m. (Pilot) Pilot Officer Kenneth George Sheldon Thompson, (Obs) Sergeant George Walton Marwood and (WOp) AC2 Alexander Lumsden all killed. Aircraft a write-off.
This aircraft took-off from Villeneuve-les-Vertus in France having arrived there from Wyton the previous day. The squadron was not based in France as part of the AASF until early December.

Paul, I would be grateful to learn the source of your location for N6231. Currently we carry it thus:

1 October 1939 Bomber Command 139 Squadron, Wyton Blenheim IV N6231. Shot down over Bad Driburg, east of Paderborn, by Oberlt Walter Adolph (Staffelkapitän) of 2./JG1 during daylight reconnaissance sortie over north-west Germany 1.10 p.m. (Pilot) Flying Officer A. C. MacLachlan captured, (Obs) Sergeant William Brown and (AG) AC2 Ronald Victor Britton both killed. Aircraft a write-off.

I./JG1 are known to have been operating in this area at that time rather than further south and I suspect possible confusion between Bad Driburg and Bad Rehburg which is about 5km NE of Petershagen.