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Re: Attack on West Malling 15 August 1940 - Were Ju 88s Present?
That OK. I have your account from Do 17 Units in WW2:
... The final attack of the day was by I. and III./KG 76, the Kampfgeschwader undertaking its first major operation of the Battle of Britain. The Do 17 crews were tasked with attacking Redhill and Biggin Hill airfields, and they claimed to have dropped 579 110-lb bombs on the former and 24 551-lb and 276 110-lb bombs and 32 incendiary canisters on the latter. Both units actually attacked West Malling, rather than Biggin Hill. The Dornier crews, led by the Kommodore, Generalmajor Stephan Fröhlich, reported great confusion above the target and that their escort was ineffective, which allowed RAF fighters to fly through the formation. Spitfire-equipped No 54 Sqn claimed to have damaged four Do 17s, but just the aircraft commanded by the Kommodore was hit and its pilot, Oberleutnant Hans Lommatsch, mortally wounded.
Peter
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