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Re: September 6th, 1943
Hello Chris,
many thanks for your kind and quick support. However, as far as I can see S/Ldr. Checketts was shot down in combat with Fw 190 - not Bf 109 - and considerably later in the day , i.e. around 19.10 hrs. German time. So he would not be a likely candidate.
To me it looks rather that the two German claims were in fact not reflected by British losses - which wouldn't be at all unusual, especially when you're looking at claims filed by JG 2 - so that a look into the RAF loss returns doesn't help to solve the problem. Instead there seems to be some likelihood that in fact all British a/c returned from this sortie after an inconclusive clash with some German fighters. Or both German claims did in fact relate to the evening raids and were filed under wrong times.
Cheers
Jochen Prien
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