Flak Claims 27 April 1944

[Chris Goss]

Nick-it is 27 April..............?

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

Nick-it is 27 April..............?

Oops. Nothing for the 27th, either.

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello

I checked RL 5/1449_0291 and there is a claim on a Halifax on 27th April 1944, 01.59 hours by a unit 102/XII but can't identify the location which seems a French name. Searching 102/XII on www.ww2.dk one of the hits refers to

Flak Regiment 86
1.6.44 in Narbonne under 5. Flak-Brigade, with gem.356 (v), gem.343 (v), gem.901 (v), le.983 (v), Sw.220 (v), Sw.468 (v), Lsp.102 (v) and 12 leichte Alarm-Bttr. (78./XII, 85./XII, 98./XII, 100./XII, 102./XII, 104./XII, 108./XII, 110./XII, 114./XII, 115./XII, 117./XII, 125./XII)

Narbonne is very near Leucate so this might be the claim you are looking for.
Please send me a mail ( marcelhogenhuis@gmail.com ) if you want me to send the image of RL 5/1449.

Best regards, Marcel

[Chris Goss]

Thanks Marcel. As you know Narbonne is very close to where the 3 bodies of the crew were discovered