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Re: "US Operation Record Book" Which inside and where ?
thanks Alex and Rabe
**Also was Capt. Boudier the only French officer to be lost in the region on the 9th ?**
According to the F540 (Operation record book) of 145 Wing here is what it is written :
24 Spit Mk IX of 340-341 sqdns led by W/Co W.V. Crawford Compton, DSO, DFC took off at 1230 from Selsey to act as target cover to 208 Lancs and Halifax attacking noballs target SE of Dieppe. The operation was according to plan. When over the Rouen aera the sqdns saw aircraft to the SW and gave chase. They found them to be P47S which were engaging some 8 Me 109s. In the ensuing dogfight one Me 109 was destroyed by the W/CO, flying with340 and another by Cdt Fournier of 340 sqdn. Both enemy aircraft were left spinning with flames and smoke coming out. In the fight, captain Boudier, 341 sqdn and a P47 where on the tail of a 109 , when the P47 attacked captain Boudier was able to bale out, but a parachute was seen in the aera. No flak were encountered. Three a/c landed at Selsey by 1335, three at B2 by 1415 and 17 at B4 by 1415.
Similar text in the F540/F541 of 341 sqdn.
Rabe,
Are there some references 'on lines' or 'pdf files' with such "mission report " or "unit histories" that we can order ? References of 353/351 are welcomed.
TIA
Bertrand
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