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4th January 2025, 18:45
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31 August 1940 - Biggin Hill Attacks - Which Luftwaffe Units
I am tring to establish which Luftwaffe unit took part in the two bombing raids on Biggin Hill at approximately 13.00 and at 18.00 on 31st August 1940. The first raid included He 111s and Ju 88s from unidentified units, while the second also included unidentified Ju 88s, plus He 111s of III/KG1 (identified in He 111 Kampfgeschwader in the West, by John Weal, p. 65). The loss listings for the day include Ju 88 w.n. 6075 of II/KG51, which returned to Orly with combat damage, possibly from one of the two raids?
The other units that attacked airfields on this date all flew Do 17s: KG2 (Debden/Duxford), KG3 (Hornchurch), and KG76 (Detling/Eastchurch and Hornchurch). It is possible that Ju 88s of II/KG76 also took part in the Eastchurch raid. 
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