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Re: II/KG4 loss 13 May 1940
Jeremy,
This is what I have:
Aircraft crashed between St Lenaarts and Wuustwezel, North of Antwerpen.
Conditions not very clear, but this a/c was part of 30 II./KG4 machines attacking mostly french positions NW of Breda. Although there is a lot of confusion, the most likely time is an encounter around 18.30 with a patrouille double of 6 Hawk H75s of GC I/4 (Mardijck) over Roosendaal., where they encounter He-111’s escorted by Bf-109s (of I/JG20). Most reports claim 2 He-111s by the Hawks, but apparently they shot down three: 2 aircraft of 5th Staffel at Zevenbergen and Oudenbosch and this one. In the same encounter one Hawk and one Bf-109 were shot down too.
Regards,
Pieter
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