May 14th 1940 and few little things

[Brian]

Hi Lionel

Since you mentioned my query, I suppose I will have to become involved again. You wrote:
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May 14th 1940 : According to "secret" sources, four Battles from Squadron 142 were destroyed by GC III/7's Morane 406s. And the french pilots claimed Henshel 126s ...
Yes !!! Why not ?

The first to write that had a theory. This one, Arnaud Gillet, worked on original archives and did not find in the Luftwaffe any losses that matched. So, he concluded that they destroyed four Battles lost by the RAF in the same area.
But he made a mistake, Henschel 126s were detached in the Wehrmacht, and losses do exist. To name him, Jean-Yves Lorant found them.

"But Henschel 126s... " wrote someone. Seven pilots involved...
I was very sad, mister Brian, when i read your intervention. Were you really serious ?
I hope it was just the "Grozibou's effect".
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Yes, I am really serious - and why are you very sad? Sad that friendly fire incidents occurred? Yes, we all agree they are tragic. Sad that I should ask such a silly question? But how do you know that Arnauld Gillet falsified the 'facts' to suit his account? Has he admitted this? And where is Jean-Yves Lorant's proof of the Hs126 losses? Or is this just your opinion - we've had enough of Grozibou's opinions!

For the past few years I have been researching aerial friendly fire incidents during WWII - my compliation now runs to three volumes and contains 100s if not 1000s of such incidents - air-to-air, air-to-ground, ground-to-air, all air forces - and I am sure that I have only scratched the surface! Many dozens of these incidents occurred during the battle of the Low Countries May-June 1940.

I am not anti-French, anti-German or anti-anyone else. Some of my closest friends in the field of aviation research are French.

Cheers
Brian