Thank you Robert,
A bit more digging found a reference to '
50 German aircraft crossing the coast at 0830 BST near Dungeness at 30000 ft, with fighter cover above' (
http://blitzincidents.blogspot.co.uk...ober-1940.html) .
However, this seems a little at odds with another source (
http://www.luftwaffeinprofile.se/Hur...09%20%204.html) which refers to '
a large group of BF 109s from JG 54, of which 11 were carrying bombs'.
Unfortunately neither writer quotes a source nor identifies the Bf 109's base.
Brian