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Old 30th April 2008, 01:12
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Re: Attacks On Shipping December 1940

The main limitation of our book was that we do not have comprehensive coverage. While it is possible that we missed some information from some source, we had used multiple sources to try to eliminate or at least minimize errors. Fundamentally, we had tapped every accessible source, but this still left us with some gaps.

I looked at our notes on I./KG 28 which in fact used He 111s for mine laying in the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel at about this period, but these missions were flown at night and they would in any case be unlikely to directly attack ships with mines! For He 111s or Ju 88s to a attack ships in this region would mean a long flight around British air space or to take a chance crossing it in daylight, and these possibilities seem unlikely. Condors of I./KG 40 does seem to be the most likely possibility.
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