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Re: Havoc intruders attacking landing planes at Gilze-Rijen December 1941
Geoffrey Sinclair has asked me to post this:
According to AIR 16/1037, Gilze-Rijen intruder sorties for December 1941
7th 2 Havocs Gilze-Rijen, 1 aircraft claimed destroyed
8th 2 Havocs Gilze-Rijen/Eindhoven, 1 aircraft claimed damaged, bombs dropped on Gilze-Rijen
11th 1 Hurricane and 1 Havoc Gilze-Rijen, bombs dropped on Gilze-Rijen by Havoc
12th 2 Havocs Gilze-Rijen, bombs dropped on Gilze-Rijen
16th 1 Hurricane and 1 Havoc Gilze-Rijen, bombs dropped on Gilze-Rijen by Havoc and Hurricane, Hurricane lost
17th 2 Havocs Gilze-Rijen, bombs dropped on Gilze-Rijen
18th 2 Havocs Gilze-Rijen, 1 aircraft claimed damaged, bombs dropped on Gilze-Rijen
25th 1 Havoc Gilze-Rijen
28th 2 Havocs Gilze-Rijen, 1 bombed Haamstede.
For all intruder sorties in December 1941, 10 nights of operations, 29 sorties, 19 attacking, claims of 1 destroyed and 2 damaged, 1 intruder lost, 7.25 tons of bombs dropped.
Hurricane lost was Z3465 from 253 squadron
23 Squadron Havoc claimed the Ju88 destroyed and damaged 7 and 8 December.
23 Squadron Havoc claimed the He111 damaged 18 December.
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