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Originally Posted by bill norman
Just to put the cat decidedly among the pigeons re. the FW200s shown in a painting attacking mainland Britain with a force of HE111's. The artist Edmund Miller assures me that he was given this information by fighter pilot Bob Doe, who was one of those who engaged the attackers.
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Just found this in the book "The most dangereous enemy" by S. Bungay:
"The Luftwaffe opened the new month of October [1940] by sending 48 Bf 109s of JG2 and JG53 and the remaining 32 BF 110s of ZG26 on a sweep over Portsmouth. ... Bob Doe led down the six Hurricanes of 238 Squadron in a bounce from 5000 feet above them, and got the Messerschmitt from below as he pulled up from the dive. He reported seeing some four-engined Focke-Wulf 200 bombers - usually used for maritime reconnaissance - in the formation, which the fighters may have joined as they set out for the western approaches."
No mentioning of any other forces like He 111s.
In the appendix of the book, following explanation is given:
"This aircraft, called the Condor, was flown by KG40, which was attached to Airfleet 3 at this time. German records contain no mention of any mission flown by the unit on 1 October, but they were used for nuisance raids on distant targets as well as reconnaissance, usually in small numbers. One of them carried out a nuisance raid on Liverpool during the night."