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Re: George Edward Moberly
According to the old book "Battle of Britain" by Francis K Mason, Moberly was the first RAF pilot shot down that day at 1140 hrs.
The earliest German claims that day (I believe these was one hour difference between UK and German hour that day):
26.08.40 Oblt. Karl-Heinz Leesmann: 2 ► 1./JG 52 Spitfire £ Dover 12.50 OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/II-9B
26.08.40 Oblt. Helmut Bennemann: 1 ► 2./JG 52 Spitfire £ Dover: 1.500-1.000 m. 12.50 OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/II-10B
26.08.40 Fw. Alfons Bacher: 2 2./JG 52 Spitfire £ Dover: 1.500-1.000 m. 12.50 OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/II-11B POW 26/08/40
26.08.40 Maj. Werner Mölders: 27 ► Stab/JG 51 Spitfire £ Folkestone 12.55 OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/II-4
26.08.40 Oblt. Richard Leppla: 7 ► 3./JG 51 Spitfire £ - 12.57 OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/II-93B
But I have also the following claims without any time known:
26.08.40 Hptm. Günther Lützow: 11 ► Stab/JG 3 Defiant £ - - OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/I-1
26.08.40 Hptm. Günther Lützow: 12 ► Stab/JG 3 Defiant £ - - OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/I-2
26.08.40 Oblt. Friedrich-Franz von Cramon: 2 ► Stab/JG 3 Defiant £ - - OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/I-3
26.08.40 Oblt. Lothar Keller: 12 ► 1./JG 3 Hurricane £ Themsemündung - OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/I-97
26.08.40 Ofw. Robert Olejnik: 1 ► 2./JG 3 Hurricane £ Faversham - OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/I-98
26.08.40 Fw. Hans Ehlers: 3 ► 2./JG 3 Spitfire £ westlich Calais - OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/I-99
26.08.40 Uffz. Kurt Gräf: 3 ► 3./JG 3 Spitfire £ Canterbury - OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/I-100
26.08.40 Oblt. Egon Troha: 3 ► 8./JG 3 Spitfire £ - - OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/I-70
26.08.40 Ltn. Hans Kolbow: 10 ► 5./JG 51 Spitfire £ nördlich Dover - OKL+JFV d.Dt.Lw. 4/II-116B
26.08.40 Fw. Richard Heller: 1 ► 8./ZG 26 Abschuß £ - - Obermaier
26.08.40 Fw. Richard Heller: 2 8./ZG 26 Abschuß £ - - Obermaier
The Defiant claims by JG 3 were probably claimed against 264 Sqn that was engaged just after 616 Sqn.
For the day I have 54 claims by JG and ZG units. Mason list 32 losses that day:
_ 3 Hurricanes of 1 Sqn RCAF shot down by Do 17s
_ 1 Hurricane of 257 Sqn damaged on the ground
_ 24 other fighters destroyed and 4 damaged by being shot down by Bf 109s, Bf 110s or unknown (I mean not said in the book)
That is at least 2,25 German victories for each RAF loss.
Note: all blue lines are claims by German aces (or future aces).
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