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Re: Fate of 6./KG2 on 19th August 1942
This, taken from my book, may help more. A crew from 5./KG 2:
"On 19 August 1942 they made their first war flight. They were not then considered to be fully trained and were only employed because of the importance of the operation. In the morning nine aircraft from II./KG 2 took off from Eindhoven to attack shipping off Dieppe. Five of them were lost. In the afternoon a further sortie was made also by nine aircraft, this time including the present POWs. At about 1500 hrs BST this crew located the ships some distance off the French coast; intense Flak was encountered and almost simultaneously their aircraft was attacked by five Spitfires. The bombs were dropped with unobserved results and the pilot managed to get away by taking violent evasive action. During the encounter, hits were sustained in the undercarriage mechanism, ailerons and fuel tank and an emergency landing was made at Evreux. The radio operator [Uffz Arno Salz] claimed one Spitfire shot down.
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