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Old 29th November 2008, 18:07
Leendert Leendert is offline
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Re: Bf 110 losses 11-05-'40 over the Netherlands

Mathieu,

The Fokker D.XXI would have been "229" with pilot Sgt.Vl J. (Koos) Roos that crashed at Nieuwkoop.
The nimh.nl website gives some Bf-110s lost/damaged over Zuid-Holland (Waddinxveen, Leiden-Gouda, Reeuwijkse Plassen....) on 11 May 1940. Unit would have been ZG 1.

In Peter Cornwell's book "The Battle of France Then and Now" however no loss of a Bf-110 is described that fits the picture. The two Bf-110 losses (one damaged, one crashed) over Holland are attributed to flak during an escort mission to the Gorinchem area. These belonged to 3./ZG 1.

Roos sometimes is said to have flown in "225", but this one apparently was lost on 10 May 1940 with Sgt. Looijen at Ouderkerk a/d IJssel.

The exploits of Sgt.Roos and the thrown away cockpit are well-described, but your question what Luftwaffe losses match the story is indeed worth a try to look into!

Perhaps contact the NIMH in Den Haag and ask what more info the records T513, 514, 515 and/or 516 hold for you on the Verliesregister 1939-1945?

See http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
Regards,

Leendert
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