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Originally Posted by John Vasco
...resulting in 1. Staffel flying the Bf 110 C-6s on missions throughout July and from what is presently known, up to 15th August.
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John:
Accoding a article from Your great book about Erpr.Gr.210 about Croydon raid, there are a question appears about Bf110C-6's in that mission.
You give a number of participants as 22. In the recalls of one of participants, he mention what staffeln were on that raid:
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3 Bf110D from Stab
8 Bf110D-0 from 2./Erpr.Gr.210
7 Bf109E-4/B from 3./Erpr.Gr.210
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But as You can see, something is missing there.
First of all, I think Stab were 4 a/c, not 3, as Benedens was a Stab pilot (Gr.z.b.V).
Then, this list dont mention at least 1 a/c ( Bf110C-6 S9+TH) from 1./Erpr.Gr.210, whith crew of Beudel and Jordan, which was s/d.
It would give us:
4 Bf110D of Stab
1 Bf110C-6 of 1 Staffel
8 Bf110D of 2 Staffel
7 Bf109E of 3 Staffel
Total 20 a/c.
So, we are still missing 2 a/c.
If You look back to combat report of one of RAF pilots (111 SQdn, "green section"), You will see that this section was in combat with 3 !!! a/c, and a result was that one of them - S9+TH was s/d.
As for me, John, I think those 2 Bf110's, wich survived in combat mentioned above, were those "2 missing" a/c, and they were from 1./Erpr.Gr.210.
So, the final list of participants on that raid would be as follows:
4 Bf110D of Stab (3 lost, 1 damaged)
3 Bf110C-6 of 1 Staffel (1 lost)
8 Bf110D of 2 Staffel (2 lost, 1 damaged)
7 Bf109E of 3 Staffel
What is Your expert opinion on this?