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Re: 16-17/6/44 night fighters over England
Hallo David
This night was first of all a major Bomber Command night with a raid on Sterkrade as part of its job! As Chris so aptly state, it is VERY difficult to co-relate specific RAF losses with German claims!
Luftwaffe made 40 claims this night while RAF lost 36 to all causes. The number of damaged aircraft unknown.
Part of KG 51' s job was to take action over Britain so it is quite possible that the shoot downs claimed in fact WERE over Britain.In fact Chorley DO list some aeroplanes lost over Britain this night, but most losses seems to have happened over Holland and also over the Channel, so the individuals from KG 51 might have stumbled across returning bombers as well. The grid reference, to me, indicate that the pilots of KG 51 in question were rather unsure of where they were and their navigators did their best by using this system. So even if pinpointing those places I would be very cautious using that as evidence of WHERE exactly these two claims were made.
B Rgds
Stig
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