[Chris Goss]

Nothing was lost by V/KG 40 on 6 or 7 Aug 43 but on 8 Aug 43 Lt Max Wittmer-Eigenbrodt & his crew were shot down, probably in combat with a B-24D of 479 ASG which was also shot down, in PlQ 24W/1512 which puts it way off the NW coast of Spain not Portugal. The loss of the B-24 was 45.30N 09.20W; again same rough location. No Ju 88 C-6s of V/KG 40 were lost to Hurricanes or operated anywhere near Gibraltar