Cowes Air raid on 4/5.V.1942

[crolick]

Hello all,

I'm looking for the following informations regarding German air raid over town of Cowes on the night of May 4/5th, 1942:
- What was the target of the bombers?
- How many planes took part in this mission and from what units?
- How many of the bombers were lost and due to what causes (if known)?
- What was the estimated result of the air raid (from the German point of view)?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Best regards from Warsaw,
Andrzej

[Chris Goss]

There is a page on this attack in Balke's book on KG 2 which says 107 ac were involved and a Do 217 of 9/KG 2 lost to 604 Sqn. Targets were the 4 Saunders Roe locations, 3 J Samuel White & Co Ltd locations and the Saro Laminated Wood Company

[crolick]

Hello Chris!

Thank you very much for the detailed info! Since I'm not aircraft specialist (I'm specialist in the navy matters) please tell me if I've understand you corectly:
- 107 Do.217 from Kampfgeschwader 2 took part in the air raid
- 1 Do.217 from 9./KG2 (III. Gruppe) was shot down by British fighters from 604 Sqn (do you know what kind of fighters those were?! Who was the pilot credited with the kill?!)
- Targets were located in Saunders Roe (4 of them), J Samuel White & Co Ltd (3 of them) and the Saro Laminated Wood Company
Right?!