Luftwaffe losses 24 September 1943

[keith A]

On this date two French Spitfires claimed to have brought down two Fw190 near Bastellica-Ajaccio. Did the Luftwaffe lose any radial engined fighters on this date. Both were described as jabos, one was attacking the destroyer "La Fantasque" off Ajaccio, it crashed inland at Bastellica in Corsica. The second crash-landed. If the Fw190 crash-landed there's an intimation that the pilot survived.

I am assuming they were Fw190 from a LW unit because of some unusual coincidences in MAW's account. SGC Planchard was lost to a Fw190 at sea south of Corsica at 0745, while Hptm Doernbrack of SG4 (actually II/SchlG.2) claimed a Spitfire NE Campo at 1745 but this could also be a pilot of 93 squadron lost North of Salerno (no time).

JG77 lost an aircraft near Ajaccio but to Flak.

The French pilots reported formations of 3 and 4 Fw190 therefore probably not reconnaissance aircraft.