22 January 1943 - JG27

[SteveB]

Hi

I am hoping that somebody may have made a study of the events of 22 January 1943. During the afternoon medium bombers of 2 Group bombed a target near Ghent. They had various forms of escort/protection which included Mustangs of 169 and 268Sqn who were tasked to fly a diversionary sweep in the area. Each squadron lost two aircraft and their pilots. 268Sqn records are pretty clear that both their losses were due to coastal Flak and 169Sqn lost two aircraft in air combat with JG27. Tony Wood lists five German claims for Mustangs destroyed - one by a Flak unit and four by JG27.

268Sqn were also involved in combat with JG27 and two of their pilots were credited each with an Fw190 “probably destroyed”. Can anyone provide further detail on German losses that day that would confirm these claims?

Steve