He III-J 22nd February 1940 - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

andy bird · #1 28th April 2011, 11:49

Trying to get a serial no or the name(s) of the crew for a Heinkel III-J that was in a small engagement with three Blenheims from 254 Squadron over the North Sea on 22 February 1940.

Managed to find that the Blenheims received more hits than the Heinkel.

Any help would be great.

Kind Regards

Andy Bird

Chris Goss · #2 28th April 2011, 12:40

It was from 3/806. Combat occurred at 1214 hrs in VLAA0015. He 111 was damaged but no further details as no casualties. There is a para on the combat in 'Fledgling Eagles'. By the way, were the 235 Sqn diaries of use?

robert · #3 28th April 2011, 17:16

Hi,

it was M7+DK from 2./806. It returned with 20 hits. Andy could you tell me details of English aircraft that were involved?

Regards

Robert

RT · #4 28th April 2011, 22:07

The He111J are known to be Torpedo-Bomber, but without the suitable torpedo did they really being used like that , was the 2./806 crews trained to used these weapons ??

Rémi

robert · #5 28th April 2011, 22:27

Hi Remi,

according to FB they did not fly torpedo practice.

Regards

Robert

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