He 111 loss 19 August 1940 (& Other losses)

[Andy Saunders]

During a trawl of Ultra transcripts for something entirely different I came across the following and noted them down in case it added any "new" detail. I quote it (roughly) as per transcript:

19 August 1940

"He 111 crashed 200 metres from beach and burnt out 6km SE of Les Sables D'Olonne. 6N + ND. Yellow D."

This clearly refers to the KGr 100 loss that we know about, although something slighty awry with the codes seemingly.

14 August 1940

I/KG54 report four x Ju 88's missing:

W.Nr's: 8084, 4098, 4084, 4083

Three crashed on landing. Over 40%:

W.Nr's 4046, 4087, 2083

II/KG54 lost:

W.Nr's 610?, 3117 and 6096 missing.
3119 and 3108 crashed on landing."

In the case of the "610?" I would suggest this to be 6102 as I identified this to be the W.Nr of the machine downed at Swanbourne Lake, Arundel, from recovered wreckage.

Lastly, at some date in early August:

"Me 110 of II/ZG2 lost near Verdun. A2+DK. Crew OK"

Not checked Peter Cornwell/John Vasco for the latter, but thought these little snippets might, possibly, be of value to someone (Larrry, Peter C?) before they get buried and forgotten in my note book!