[Peter Cornwell]

Interesting thread. I have the following details/comments in relation to the various 1940 claims/losses mentioned and will be grateful for any further input and/or revisions:

May 18, 1940: AC 2 Potez 631. Shot down by Blenheims of No. 248 Squadron following skirmish with a Ju88 of 8./KG30 and ditched in the sea off Nieuport 4.30 p.m. Possibly that attacked by F/L A.W. Pennington-Leigh.SM Domas and SM Le Thomas killed. Aircraft a write-off.

May 18, 1940: AC 2 Potez 631 (169). Shot down by Blenheims of No. 248 Squadron following skirmish with a Ju88 of 8./KG30 over Nieuport and crashed in flames in the sea off De Panne 4.30 p.m. Possibly that attacked by P/O E.H. McHardy.Mtre J. Dupont missing. SM Le Bot baled out wounded, fired on by allied troops while in his parachute and man-handled on landing, but treated at the Hôtel de l’Océan and later captured. Aircraft lost.
This was by no means an isolated or even uncommon occurrence in these desperate times. British crews involved in this tragic incident were convinced that they had attacked Bf110s, while the sole French survivor was equally sure that he had been shot down by Ju88s.(Source: The Battle of France Then & Now as amended.)

September 28, 1940: 2./KüFlGr. 406 Dornier Do18G-1 (0884). Ditched off the south-west coast of Norway due to engine failure during reconnaissance sortie 8.30 p.m. Crew all rescued from dinghy, BO Oberlt zur See Gerhard Meyering injured, rest of crew unhurt. Aircraft K6+JK 100% write-off.
The time of loss seems to preclude any connection with the Do18 engaged earlier in the day by P/O Bennett of No.248 Squadron during a sortie 0845-1031 and for which no claim was actually made.

October 3, 1940: Wekusta Ob.d.L. Dornier Do17Z-2 (2547). Crashed on landing damaged in attack by No.248 Squadron Blenheim (P/O A.L. Fowler) during weather reconnaissance sortie over the North Sea off Sumburgh 8.30 a.m. BO Reg. Rat. [ ] Heinrich wounded, rest of crew unhurt. Aircraft T5+JU 60% damaged - write-off.

October 20, 1940: 1./KüFlGr. 406 Dornier Do18D-3 (0801). Damaged in action with Blenheim of No.248 Squadron (P/O G.M. Baird) during reconnaissance off south-west coast of Norway and ditched 80 miles west of Haugesund 10.05 a.m. Crew all rescued unhurt by Do18 K6+KH. Aircraft K6+DH 100% write-off.

November 4, 1940: 2./KG26 Heinkel He111H-3 (3171). Crashed and burned out at Skjørestadfjell, near Sandnes, south-east of Stavanger-Sola airfield, on return from sortie; cause unknown. FF Uffz Josef Mendler, BO Oberfw Otto Stuckmann, BF Uffz Erhard Reisch, and BM Uffz Wilhelm Zeckey all killed. Aircraft 1H+HK 100% write-off.
The aircraft credited to P/O Atkinson and P/O Garrad of No.248 Squadron by Foreman on the previous day. All my sources indicate that this loss occurred on November 4 ?