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Originally Posted by johnblawton
On 10th October 1940 an aircraft dropped two land mines over the town of Scarborough on the North East Yorkshire Coast in the UK. Time of detonation was 2100Hrs. Two mines were dropped, one exploded in the town immediately, one exploded six days later sinking a fishing boat and killing all the crew...How can I find the squadron to which this aircraft belonged and also the base from which it flew? johnblawton
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HI, ROB , MAYBE THE PLANES WERE HE 115.ONE CRASHED BLINDED BY SEARCH LIGHTS,IN SCOTLAND,AERA,AROUND OCT 40,BUT AS HE 111 IE DOUBT IT,AS THE MINES WERE LAID AROUND NE UK SHIPING LANES,AS FROM JULY 40 CHANNEL BOMBINGS TO CONVOYS,,STUKAS,SO I GUESS HE115S WERE THE ONLY TYPE,TO DO IT THERE,AND RANGE TOO.
ITS A BIG SEA FROM DENMARK AND NORWAY, THE LUFTWAFFE WERE NEVER GOOD NAVIGATERS FROM NORWAY,CHECK AUGUST 15TH RAIDS HE115S WERE TO DIVERT, SPITFIRES HURRICANES TO NORTH EAST OF FIRTH FORTH,SO HE111 AND JU88S COULD BOMB AIRFIELDS IN NORTHHUMBERLAND,,,AND NOT TOWNS HITLERS DIRECTIVE RAF" AIRFIELDS WERE TOP PRIORTY,BUT THE HE115S WERE TOO EAST SO THE RADAR PICKED THE TOTOL BOMBERS HE111 HE115S TOO,SO THE MISSION WAS DOOMED,AS FROM THE START,
GARY,