[Adriano Baumgartner]

Good morning to all.

Since I do not have the NVM and the "Nachtjagd losses book", I would like to ask some help to the members of this Forum, if possible, to try to match the 100 Group claims on the night of 27th to 28th June 1944.

This is the information I do have (from various sources and books):
141 Squadron claims
a) S/L Rice (flying HJ 911, code TW*A) claimed 1 Ju 88 down 01:22hs – on the Cambrai area
LW loss match ???

b) W/O Welham (fying DZ 240, code TW*H) claimed 1 Ju 88 down at 01:05hs, 6 miles S of Tilburg at 14,000 feet.
A 4./NJG 3 Ju 88 G-1 (werknummer 710455) was shot down near Arendonk (from information of OSPREY book), but I do not have the crew names though. This loss do match the claim of W/O Welham from 141 Squadron.

239 Squadron claims:
W/C Evans (239 Squadron) > 1 Fw 190 destroyed
LW loss match?

F/L Welfare (239 Squadron) > 1 Me 410 destroyed – Paris area
LW loss match?

F/O Howard (239 Squadron) > 1 Ju 88 near Brussels – Belgium
The Junkers JU 88 G-1, werknummer 710880, codes D5+AP from the Gruppenkommandeur of IV/NJG 3, Major Franz Buschmann, was shot down at 02:01hs near Bunsbeek, 4 km to the North of Tirlemont, Belgium (some 25km east of Brussels). This matches the claim of F/O Howard (239 Squadron

169 Squadron claim:
? (pilot 169 Squadron aboard Mosquito NT150) > 1 Bf 110 down (unknown area)
LW loss match?

515 Squadron claim:
It seems (not sure if on the night of 27/28 or 26/27th June) a 515 Squadron Mosquito flown by Petty Officer Chow and Sgt. Veilch claimed a victory (do not remember the source I read about that) that night too, a Junkers Ju 88 near Eindhoven airfield.
LW loss match?

RAF losses:
There were 2 RAF Mosquito losses that night, both from 141 Squadron.

Oberleutnant Heinz Ferger, from 3./NJG 3, claimed a Mosquito, 7km south-east of Roulers or Roeselare ??), at 3.500 metros; however we do have 2 Mosquito losses that night (both 141 machines). Mosquito DD787 flown by F/L Engelbach was claimed near Vrakken (Holland). I did not find this town or city on Google maps though (
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=50327)

Could the Me 410 claim be a friendly-fire, or do we have a Luftwaffe match for that night claim for F/L Welfare (239 Squadron)?

ANY information regarding the LW losses that night, will be of help to figure out who claimed who and match the losses to the claims.

Thank you for all who will kindly help on this process.
Adriano