4/JG54, 07.08.1940

[srob48]

7th August 1940:
The following aircraft of 4/JG54 were destroyed or damaged in an RAF bombing attack on Haamstede A/F, Netherlands.

Messerschmitt Bf109E. Aircraft a write-off.
Messerschmitt Bf109E. Aircraft 70% damaged.
Messerschmitt Bf109E. Aircraft 30% damaged.
Messerschmitt Bf109E. Aircraft 30% damaged.
Messerschmitt Bf109E. Aircraft 30% damaged.
Messerschmitt Bf109E. Aircraft 30% damaged.

Attack on Haamstede A/F, was carried out by RAF Blenheims. This raid also killed 3 Pilots and wounded 3 more of JG54. Bf109`s apparently caught just taking off?

Can anyone add any more details of this attack and the names of the Pilot casualties?

[Peter Cornwell]

4./JG54 Two Messerschmitt Bf 109Es. Destroyed in bombing attack on Haamstede aerodrome by No.82 Squadron Blenheim (P/O Wellings) 7.12 p.m. FF Oberfw Max Stotz and FF Uffz Hans Schätzel both slightly wounded – admitted to hospital in Bergen-op-Zoom. Aircraft 100% and 70% damaged – both write-offs.
Mechanic Uffz Willi Schulze was killed and Obergefr Arthur Schulz slightly wounded by bomb splinters in this attack.

4./JG54 Six Messerschmitt Bf 109Es. Damaged in RAF bombing attack on Haamstede aerodrome by No.82 Squadron Blenheim (P/O Wellings) 7.12 p.m. No aircrew casualties. Aircraft 40%, 30%, 30%, 30%, 30%, and 10% damaged – but all repairable.

[srob48]

Thank you Peter for clearing this up.