I./St.G 77 Operation - 13 August 1940 to RAF Ford

[Andy Saunders]

Thank you, Larry.

That fills in some missing pieces for me!

So, it looks as if 3 Staffel were going for Ford from Schmidt's Flugbuch, but I'd be interested to know which elements of the I Gruppe were going to which other airfields. Does anybody know? Also, I notice that the initial target information is given as "...coastal airfields between Brighton and Chichester." Although we later have specifics (Ford, Gosport and Thorney Island) it is the case that 'Brighton' is quite a bit further east. I have read somewhere, but now cannot find that reference, that Shoreham was also on the target list - and that makes sense if the airfields were between Brighton and Chichester.

Although these attacks were all a non-event, I'd like to find out what was intended.