Wellingtons over the Bay of Biscay 5 November 1943

[Chris Goss]

Thanks Nick-it would appear to be the last sentence that confirms it; the crew were lucky and they disappeared into cloud PDQ. Oblt Albrecht Bellstedt said they attacked 5 times with no result while Lt Willi Gutermann (up from Lorient 0901 down 1350hrs) said it was a Freie Jagd but reported nothing. Luftflotte 3 just says 4 Ju 88s took off late morning to escort a Condor. Not 420 Sqn but a week or so later 15 OTU lost 2 Wellingtons to I./ZG 1 so I wonder if this is a possibility?