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Pile would not have been involved if the gunners claim had been doubtful. This and the reference to a further GAF loss that day does, I think, strengthen the case of the Nettlestone Gunners and unless there is pretty good direct contemporary evidence to the contray they should have it.
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Perhaps this claim by the AA has not received more publicity because the AA arm was notorious for simply shooting at anyone who flew overhead, whether friend or foe. Yes, there were other German casualties over the UK that day, but they would have been at low-level. So, the only positive shoot-down, and admitted loss by the GAF, at high-altitude, that 109G4/R3, was attributed to the RAF. Perhaps the AA battery shot down some returning Allied a/c and no one wished to discuss it further. Or, perhaps it was firing at the 109 while the RAF was shooting it down?
Your comments are interesting but there is probably still more to be learned about this day's activities.