Robert wrote in part:
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He was escorting a raid by KG 26 to attack the airfield at Dishforth, Yorkshire. Restemeyer was the first to fall when they were intercepted by 72 Squadron: this was some 30 miles northeast of Holy Island which is some 50 miles north of County Durham.
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Could it be, Robert, that the Mason account and your account are both correct? Perhaps the initial interception occurred 30 miles northeast of Holy Island, was drawn out over a number of miles, and R's Bf 110 was eventually splashed by the Spits off County Durham? Is the evidence empirical that his aircraft actually went into the sea c.30 miles NE of Holy Is.? Mason's fine, ground-breaking work published by McWhirter Twins Ltd. in 1969 no doubt has many errors in it considering what he had to work with back 40 years ago. I wonder what the more recent (1988?) volume 1 of
The Blitz Then and Now has to say about it? I have volumes 2 and 3 or this work, but not volume 1.
Larry