Flak Claims

[Carsten Petersen]

Hi Steve
Flak claims - where ? France or Germany ?
Carsten

[Larry deZeng]

Originally Posted by Carsten Petersen

Hi Steve
Flak claims - where ? France or Germany ?
Carsten

19 Aug 42 was the date of the Dieppe Raid on the Channel coast, so this may be what he is talking about. The RAF lost 106 aircraft (at least 32 to anti-aircraft fire or accidents) against 48 German losses.

L.

[Steve49]

Originally Posted by Carsten Petersen

Hi Steve
Flak claims - where ? France or Germany ?
Carsten

Hi Carsten,

I am looking for claims made by Flakuntergruppe Dieppe in response to the Dieppe raid. By my reckoning the Allied forces had 36 aircraft shot down by ground fire, so I was hoping to find some details of claims made by the German defenders.

As far as I can see the units involved were;

schwere Flak-Abteilung 345
leichte Flak-Abteilung 81(mot)
leichte Flak-Abteilung 690 (v)
leichte Flak-Abteilung 732 (v)

Sadly looking through the Bundesarchiv search function I can't see any reports from these units for this date, so I guess the documents I was hoping to find are lost.

Regards,

Steve