8 November 1940 RAF Honington raid

[Brian]

Thanks for that, Larry, I take your point.

However, 'Tommy Sudbury' - if he did exist under that name - was a fellow Middlesex Regt searchlight/gunner with my Dad. He was at the time doing 'jankers' which, on this occasion, meant manning a Lewis gun emplacement. My Dad had suffered the same indignity a few weeks earlier, and briefly fired the Lewis at a low-level Do17.

Cheers
Brian
PS: Has anyone a photo of the crashed Ju88 V4+ER?

[Chris Goss]

Luftwaffe Crash Archive has no picture so unlikely one exists unless in private hands

[Rottler]

The loss of the Ju 88 V4+GR from the 7./KG 1 is listed in the GenQu. loss report from November 10, 1940:

8.11. III./KG 1 (Fl.Pl. Norwich) Ursache unbekannt Ju 88 A-5 2186 V4+GR 100%
F Lt Peter Ungerer vermisst
B Fw Gerhard Lahme vermisst
Bf Uffz Josef Hildebrand vermisst
Bs Gefr Wilhelm Wile vermisst.

The correction from December 28, 1940 cipher aa:
Besatzung Lt Ungerer gefallen. Streiche 4 Vermisste. Setze: 4 Tote.

Regards
Leo

[Chris Goss]

Leo- the question is about who shot this aircraft down, not details of the aircraft lost which, as Brian has indicated, are well known thanks to such books as Luftwaffe Crash Archive