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Old 14th February 2010, 19:56
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Re: 1.6.40, Dunkirk, early morning fight

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P/O H.C. Baker Bf 110 destroyed Dunkirk 05.40
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/d...resultcount=24
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Sgt B.J. Jennings Bf 110 destroyed Dunkirk 05.40
Sgt B.J. Jennings Bf 110 unconf Dunkirk 05.40
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/d...resultcount=24
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P/O L.A. Haines Bf 109 destroyed Dunkirk 05.40
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/d...resultcount=24
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/d...resultcount=24
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222 Squadron
S/L H.W. Mermagen Bf 110 destroyed Dunkirk dawn
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F/L A.I. Robinson Bf 110 destroyed Dunkirk dawn
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/d...resultcount=24
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F/L D.R.S. Bader Bf 109 destroyed Dunkirk dawn
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/d...resultcount=24

Found some reports of those claims. Not for free

Is it known, how many Spits were encountered in this combat in each Sqdn? I doubt it was not 3 x 12 a/c...

Also, in "Reach for the sky : the story of Douglas Bader" by Paul Brickhill there is a short details about that early morning mission, when Bader did shot his first german.
According a story:
Squadron of Spitfires flew to Dunkerk (no info - were there any other Sqdn's - 19 and 616), then they saw 12 Bf110's (same as Sgt. Potter of 19 Sqdn reported). Bf110's turned and run away from Dunkirk, and 222 Sqdn. chased them. Then appeared 4 Bf109's (probably from I./JG26), and Bader claimed one of them. Then he saw a spinning Bf110 without tail section. Then he returned to bace. There is a note: two Spitfires missed (in fact 4 of them failed to return).

Are there any other detailed descriptions of that combat?
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