KGr.100 August 1940 ??

[BrianC]

May be a well-known story - but not to me!

R.W. Clarke in his book "Battle for Britain" quotes a Major Quedenau as becoming lost when his navigational beam disappeared during a raid on Liverpool, circa August 1940. He then mistook the Bristol Channel for the English Channel, and then believing he was over Brittany when he was in fact over Cornwall. Finally, when near Plymouth he thought he had reached Bay of Biscay. He later wrote "Then the awful truth dawned - I was near Plymouth, with insufficient fuel to cross the Channel."

Actual date would be appreciated.

I can't find any reference to a Major Quedenau being PoW

Or did he manage to reach France after all?

Perhaps he ditched and was rescued.

I have located three bomber pilots of the period named Quedenau - Helmut, Horst and Siegfried, but which one?

And might the incident be related to KGr.100, possibly 15/16 August (re Nick's excellent site).

Any information appreciated

Brian