Hi
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Originally Posted by zorglub
Does the GAO 3/551 ORB report a Hurricane crashed at Bacqueville-en-Caux ( près de la popote du groupe ! ) , in the morning of either 5 , 6 or 7 June ?
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Yes indeed. The ORB stated the crash took place in th morning of 5th June and that their was very few remains of the pilot's body. As far as I know, no RAF's pilot are posted missing in this area that day but P/O Anthony Claydon (No. 501 Sqn) was killed near Dieppe on the evening, his body was found far from the crash site. The day after Sgt Samuel Hollman (No. 17 Sqn) is posted missing, during an escort above the Bresle river. He was last seen above the coast line and I've read some authors though he came down at Bacqueville-en-Caux.
GAO 3/551 left Bacqueville on 7th June, at dawn (ORB). So they can't have witnessed the battles that happend betwenn No. 43 and 601 Sqn and Jagdwaffe this day. And as far as I know there was no RAF's pilot missing in this area that day, only dead, wounded or unhurt.
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Originally Posted by zorglub
Another bomber is reported at Bosc-Bordel on June 5 , crew captured but alas no identification .
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S/Lt Dietrich claimed a He 111 who crash-landed at Estoutevile-Écalles, some 3 km
west from Buchy ; the crew was captured. Bosc-Bordel is 4 km
est of Buchy. Tow other bombers, from III./LG 1, were brought down in the evening, their was two injured airmen in each crew.
Cdt Ronzet's (CO of GC II/10) report for credit didn't mention any wounded man in Dietrich's victim. For the evening, it stated one He 111 was attached between Darnetal et Cailly and left diving toward Nefchâtel-en-Bray (Buchy lies between Rouen and this city and some 10 km est of Cailly) and another diving far north from Darnetal (it coul'd match with Bacqueville-en-Caux, but the hours aren't concurring...).
No. 501 Sqn also claimed for 3 He 111 but I don't have further information.