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Re: Trying to find pilot who shot down a Messerschmitt Bf109E
The Luftwaffe raid on that morning is said to have started at 9am. Presumably that's the time they were spotted by RDF out to sea or is that the actual time over the UK coast?
Incidentally two Bf109Es from JG27 were lost at the same time on 30th Sept 1940; the above mentioned and one from Stab I/JG27 lost over East Grinstead in combat with 'Hurricanes' at the same time (9.45am). Obt H Bertram KIA.
Its unlikely British AA would have got two, so 'shot down by another Luftwaffe unit' might be a possibility if they were 'jumped' by accident. Once back home they may have been claimed as RAF losses by the Luftwaffe pilots. It must have happened during the BoB-grey on grey?
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Larry Hayward
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