Circus 217, September 7th 1942

[Dennis Peschier]

On this day 302Sq claimed one a/c destroyed. It must have been around 11.40h off the Dutsch coast.
Does anyone know who the 302Sq pilot was and did he give a more precise location?

Thanks in advance,
Dennis

[brewerjerry]

Hi
might be something here ?
cheers
jerry

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[Artur PK]

Hi Dennis!

There were three claims - one destroyed and two damaged:

P/O Czesław Śnieć (Spit. V, BL925), 1 Fw 190 destr., 10:20 Dover ~
S/L Stanisław Łapka (Spit. V, EN865), 1 Fw 190 dam., 10:20 Dover ~
F/O Eugeniusz Ebenrytter (Spit. V, EN852), 1 Fw 190 dam., 10:20 Dover

Hope this helps,
Artur

[Dennis Peschier]

Hello Jerry and Artur,
Thank you for your fast reply's.
I'm looking into the loss of Lt Karl Endrizzi, 4/.JG.1. He was lost in combat with bombers and fighters. Sources speak of Northwest of Leiden and 15 km west of zandvoort, both locations are a long way from Dover. Perhaps he was shot down by bombers of the 97th and 301st bombing groups. They were attacking Rotterdam that day.

133, 308 and 402 sqadron all claimed one damaged. 10./JG.1 also lost a fw190 near Nieuwkoop.
It's not getting clearer

Dennis

[Jacek Kutzner]

302 Sqn 10:20 Dover ~ Spitfire V, EN852 F/O Ebenrytter Eugeniusz (P0103) 1 Fw 190 Damaged NA [AIR50/116/18]
302 Sqn 10:20 Dover ~ Spitfire V, EN865 S/L Łapka Stanisław (76702) 1 Fw 190 Probably NA [AIR50/116/54]
302 Sqn 10:20 Dover ~ Spitfire V, BL925 P/O Śnieć Czesław (P1623) 1 Fw 190 Destroyed NA [AIR50/116/103]
308 Sqn 10:25 La Manche Spitfire V, AD177 F/L Koc Tadeusz (P0696) 1 Fw 190 Damaged NA [AIR50/120/13]

[Artur PK]

The Poles from Northolt Wing (302., 306., 308. Sqn) almost certainly fought with III./JG 26 over Channel. They lost one Spitfire (P/O Tadeusz Zdzitowiecki bailed out and was rescued by ASR) and one damaged (Sgt Ignacy Czajka wounded, belly landing in England) – both from 302. Sqn. P/O Zdzitowiecki was almost certainly shot down by Uffz. Alfred Niese from 9./JG 26. It isn’t clear whether Poles also fought with JG 1 or not.
There were also claims from 133. Sqn (0-1-0) and 402. Sqn (0-0-1). I found information that Lt. Karl Endrizzi from 4./JG 1 was shot down during the attack on American bombers’ formation by gunners from B-17’s. Is it true – I don’t know.