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Originally Posted by Chris Goss
Nick Beale might have something else.
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Ever the optimist! The Air Operational Watch report for the day (TNA HW 13/37) isn't much help, just:
'…a single He 177 [of II./KG 40] was airborne in the early morning … This aircraft was instructed by Bordeaux at 1158 to break off its task. The occurrence of a raid by the uS 8th Bomber Command on the Bordeaux area may have some connection with this decision.'
On TNA HW 13/26 there is a report on 'Single-engined fighter patrols west of Brest' but that is from 15 August 1843, so too early for this action.
On TNA HW 13/106 the weekly report covering 26 December–1 January says only that 'Fw 190s of 1.(F)/128 operated from Brest on 27/12 (and again on 30/12)', nothing about the raid on Bordeaux.
The ULTRA messages that I have are no help but it may be worth downloading files DEFE 3/16 and /17 which cover intercepted signals from 27 December 1943 to 5 January 1944.
There may be something in AIR 22/500: 'Air Ministry W/T Intelligence Service Daily Summaries: nos. 1549-1700 Vol.25 (Dec 1943–Apr 1944)' but that isn't digitised.