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Old 7th March 2016, 19:53
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Re: What German bombers were used against Hinckley, Leicestershire

This looks like a massive raid that night, does the report give any details of the time they took off and returned? Any ideas of the amount of aircraft that took off and returned?

I have checked out where the airfields were and found they were all in France as following:
• Roye-Amy – France, North East
• Beaumont-le-Roger – France, North
• Chartres – France, nr Paris
• Cormeilles – France, nr Paris
• Creil – France, nr Paris
• Le Bourget – France, nr Paris
• Rosieres – France, South
• Vannes – France, North
• Villacoublay – France, nr Paris

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Originally Posted by Chris Goss View Post
I have a copy of the raid report from the Luftwaffe side so can say for Luftflotte 3, KGr 100 (He 111, Vannes), II/KG 55 (He 111, Chartres), III/KG 55 (He 111, Villacoublay, Stab/KG 55 (He 111, Villacoublay), KG 1 (Ju 88, Rosieres & Amy), KG 76 (Ju 88 Creil, Beaumont, Cormeilles), KG 26 (He 111 Le Bourget). No escort as it was night
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