Night fighter operations with Defiant 1941

[phasselgren]

Thanks for the help all of you,

Regarding the claim by Sgt Bodien there were two different names mentioned on the gunner (James and D.E.C. Jonas). The official history of New Zealanders in the RAF supports that the correct name should be D.E.C. Jonas. ‘On the 4th a Dornier 215 was shot down in flames by Sergeant Jonas of No. 151 Squadron (Flying Officer D. E. C. Jonas; Auckland; born Auckland, 21 Feb 1921; salesman; joined RNZAF Jul 1940).’ http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-1RAF.html I guess that Jonas can be confused with James on a hand-written document like the ORB.

According to the site of 151 Sqn Sgt James with Sgt Bodien as pilot made another claim on 9 April. Can anyone confirm if it´s the same here that the correct name of the gunner is Jonas instead of James.

Cheers
Peter