[mhuxt]

Don't think it's Lent - his claim was up near Reims, the canal you mention seems to run down to the east of Kijo.

Over at Tony Woods' site there are some good Luftwaffe claims files, and a Luftwaffe map, though the new version doesn't seem to go as far south as Dijon.

Closest to your aircraft seem to be:

19.07.44 Ofw. Herbert Altner 8./NJG 5 4-mot. Flzg. £ 04 Ost N/GK at 2.400 m. [W. Dijon] 01.34 Film C. 2027/II Anerk: Nr.44

19.07.44 Uffz. Schulze-Berge 1./NJG 5 4-mot. Flzg. £ GJ-24 at 2.800 m. [Semur-en-Auxois] 01.37 Film C. 2027/II Anerk: Nr.37

19.07.44 Oblt. Ernst Drünkler 1./NJG 5 4-mot. Flzg. £ GK-2 od. 3 at 2.500 m. [W. Dijon] 01.37 Film C. 2027/II Anerk: Nr.38