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Re: KG77 losses 1 & 3 July 1940
Gentlemen,
Sorry but I have been away from my desk for a few days. I have no losses recorded for KG77 on 1 July 1940, but they lost several aircraft during a series of nuisance raids over southern England on 3 July 1940 as follows:
3 July 1940 1./KG77 Lost on nuisance raid Harwich – Ipswich
Shot down by F/L Coghlan, P/O Mounsden, & F/O Brooker of No.56 Squadron in sea off Burnham 16.20 hours
Ff: Oberlt Kurt STEINER missing
HBeo: Oberfw Kurt BIRKS missing
Bf: Uffz Johannes FLÜGEL missing
BSch: Gefr Kurt DIETEL missing
3 July 1940 2./KG77 Lost on nuisance raid Dover – Hawkinge
Possibly that shot down in sea off Margate by Sgt Hamlyn of No.610 Squadron 16.35 hours
Ff: Fw Richard SAFT killed
Beo: Oberlt Fritz KRETZSCHMAR missing
Bf: Fw Gerhard JOPPICH missing
Bm: Oberfw Alfred PENZEL missing
3 July 1940 2./KG77 Returned hit by fighters near Brighton
One (un-named) crewman slightly wounded
(Note: Possible duplication in records see 7 Staffel)
3 July 1940 4./KG77 crashed near Vreaucourt (?), cause unknown
Ff: Fw Ludwig EICHHORN killed
HBeo: Uffz Gerhard HARTMANN killed
Bf: Uffz Heinz BOOST killed
Bm: Uffz Georg HOLLERAUER killed
3 July 1940 7./KG77 Returned hit by fighters near Brighton
Possibly that attacked Coastal Command Blenheim (F/O Carr, P/O Howe, & Sgt Dawson) of No.235 Squadron over Thorney Island c14.00 hours.
HBeo: Uffz Oskar GERBER sl. wounded
3 July 1940 8./KG77 Failed to return nuisance raid Aldershot
Possibly that attacked between West Grinstead & Beachy Head by F/L Dalton-Morgan & P/O Gorrie of No.43 Squadron 16.30 hours
Ff: Fw Werner PATRZICH killed
HBeo: Uffz Wilhelm KUSKE killed
Bf: Uffz Rudolf PFEIFFER killed
HSch: Gefr Walter MAIR killed
3 July 1940 8./KG77 Nuisance raid Hastings – Tonbridge – Redhill
Shot down by P/O Gardner, Sgt Bayley, & Sgt Higgins of No.32 Squadron at Paddock Wood 17.05 hours
3Z+GS Ff: Uffz Richard BRANDES PoW
Beo: Oberlt Hans-Georg GALLION PoW
Bf: Obergefr Erich HOFMANN killed
HSch: Uffz Waldemar THEILIG killed
3 July 1940 9./KG77 Failed to return – nuisance raid Dover
Possibly that attacked NW of Deal by F/L Way, P/O Gray, & Sgt Norwell of No.54 Squadron 15.15 hours
Ff: Oberlt Hermann KAPSCH wounded
HBeo: Uffz Karl SCHWARZBACH wounded
Bm: Uffz Ernst GOLDHORN wounded
Bf: Gefr Kurt THIEMICKE wounded
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