[SteveR]

On 21 June 1940 two Hudsons from 233 Squadron (S/L Feeny and Sgt. Crabtree) along with two more from 224 Squadron (F/L Womersley and P/O Lynn) attacked Scharnhorst off the Norwegian coast. S/L Feeny's Hudson was shot down in flames.

233 Squadron's Form 541 gives a t/o time of 1245 hours for Feeny and 1315 hours for Crabtree, with Crabtree landing at 1845 hours. It further states that Scharnhorst was located and attacked in position LXOX 2543.

Can anyone please tell me where LXOX 2543 would be nearest on the Norwegian coast?

I ask because McNeill's Coastal Command Losses book says that Feeny was shot down by Oblt. Jung of 5./JG77 off Utsire. From Tony Woods' list I see the time of Jung's claim as 2026 hours, and even allowing for the one hour time difference between the U.K. and Norway, watches not being synchronized, possible typos, etc. it doesn't seem to me that Jung could have been Feeny's victor due to the time discrepancy.

To further complicate things Woods also lists 2 claims that day at 1531 hours N.N.W. Haugesund and at 1620, 1624, and 2 at 1645 hours westlich Hardangerfjord (I imagine these last four must relate to the three 42 Squadron Beauforts lost attacking Scharnhorst which, according to Shores in Fledgling Eagles, happened after the attack by 233 and 224 Squadrons).

So does anyone know where position LXOX 2543 was?