10th April 2006, 23:15
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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Re: Friendly fire WWII
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Originally Posted by Brian
Hi BigVern
The Beaufighter (V8387) was flown by Sqn Ldr Henry Mould. He and Flt Lt Dr Downing were the tragic victims of Sgt Norman Gerrand RCAF of 167 Squadron, who also attacked and damaged the second Beaufighter (X7583).
I was interested in your note about a Firefly of NFIS operating from Coltishall against the V-1 carrying Heinkels of III/KG53. This was new to me and I would be intested if you have any further infomation.
Cheers
Brian
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Hi Brian
The Information about the detachments is in both Coltishall's and Ford's ORB. This sortie I listed (out of the Coltishall ORB) ended with the Firefly turning back near the Dutch coast with engine problems, after chasing one of the contacts across the North Sea in very bad weather. The Firefly pilot got very short visual contacts and only got one burst of 20 mm in at long range with no observable effects.
Regards Richard
Last edited by BIGVERN1966; 11th April 2006 at 02:13.
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