Thread: Unit responsible for sunk USS Meredith and HMS Boadicea
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Old 2nd October 2006, 13:22
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Re: Unit responsible for sunk USS Meredith and HMS Boadicea
Well Meredith was crippled by a mine on 7 June and then hit by a bomb in the morning of the 9th (dropped by a He177 according to a website).

All my sources (books) agree that the HMS Boadicea was sunk by 2 torpedoes, not by Hs 293 glider bombs.

63 German bombers operated against Allied ships during the night of 8th-9th but I have no other details.

During the night of the 12th-13th, at least 131 German bombers flew against the Allied ships and the beachhead. Both the Ju 88 of KG 54 and the Do 217 of III./KG 100 claimed some hits, but I know no more details. The III./KG 26 lost two torpedo-carrying Ju 88 during the night.
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