Luftwaffe Air Attacks 20 Aug 40

[edNorth]

Yes, clearly 21st in GQM (23.09.40 / Page 34) on the two from KuFlGr 806 (one was Lt.z.see v. Davidson, other name Lt.z.See. Miehr)

.... Ju 88 III/KG 77 (Luftflotte 2)
Non-OPS (H) crash landed due (shooting?) damage (30%) at Obertraubling Airfield 20.08.1940 (no injuries) (04v22.08.40)

.... Ju 88 A-1 8./KG 30 (Luftflotte 5)
OPS (F) downed by RAF at "Thosby" 20.08.1940 (20v23.08.40)
(i.e. 4D+IS III/KG 30 Patrington, Hull 19:10 20.08)

20.08.1940 (entry 12 of 22.08.40)
Bf 110 D 2./Erpr. Gr. 210 "unbekannt" "Aldebrough" (2 missing)

quiet days, indeed.
Ed

[Chris Goss]

....and nowhere near the west of England. I believe it fits LG 1's MO but I have nothing to support this. I have checked the reports again and irritatingly, I beleive a number of reports are missing. However, a Ju 88 of I/LG 1 carried out an armed recce that morning which took in Exeter-Pyle and Bridgend which would indicate that the targets later on were in therse areas. The following day, KGr 806 and II/LG 1 carried out a series of airfield attacks in the same region thus supporting the theory that the attack on Newton Abbot and Neath could have been by these units

[hucks216]

There is nothing about any attacks on the 20th August in Die Geschichte Des Lehrgeschwaders 1 by Peter Taghorn. For Ju-88's the closest dates are for losses are on the 17th & 22nd with one loss on the 22nd near Portland Bill.
The closest entry I can find for any LG related unit is this one for the 21st and the area does fit for the second attack with Exeter not being all that far from Newton Abbot...

Time - 1340
Unit - II/LG-1
Target - Penrhos Airfield - Angriff wg. Jagdabwehr bei Newport abgebrochen.

Time - 1440
Unit - II/LG-1
Target - Yeovil Airfield - 1630 Uhr. Sturzangriff auf Ausweichziel Flugplatz Exeter. 2 Treffer (LLZ) in Flughallen, 2 daneben, der größte Teil der Hallen ist beschädigt.

Time - 1822
Unit - II/LG-1
Target - Angriff Flugplatz Yeovil - Auftrag abgebrochen Schlechtwetter.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by hucks216

The closest entry I can find for any LG related unit is this one for the 21st and the area does fit for the second attack with Exeter not being all that far from Newton Abbot...

Sturzangriff auf Ausweichziel Flugplatz Exeter. 2 Treffer (LLZ) in Flughallen, 2 daneben, der größte Teil der Hallen ist beschädigt.

Exeter Airport is about 8 km east of the city centre (with, back then, miles of open country in between the two), Newton Abbot is 22 km to the SSW of Exeter.

http://www.devonheritage.org/Places/...ewtonAbbot.htm

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bombing-Newt.../dp/1873029012

[Chris Goss]

There were attacks on 21 Aug and this corresponds with the Luftflotte 3 reports