Luftwaffe 'He-113' loss Brest, September 13/14 1941

[wwrsimon]

Hello everyone

On the evening of September 13th/14th 1941, Whitley Z6978 of 78 Sqn claimed an 'He-113' shot down by the tail gunner just after the Whitley had bombed Brest.

There is no combat report on The National Archives website, but the 78 Sqn ORB Form 541 gives the altitude as 16,000 feet and the postion as 48.23ºN, 04.40ºW, which is in the commune of Telgruc-sur-Mer, 15km SSE of Brest. The fighter was seen to fall in flames through the cloud by the pilot of Z6978, and this was corroborated by the pilot of another 78 Sqn Whitley.

I've heard before about mis-identifaction of Luftwaffe fighters as the mythical 'He-113'. So is it possible to identify the actual fighter involved?

Many thanks,

Simon