Ju 88 A-5 WNr 2400 of II./KG 30

[Stig Jarlevik]

Both interesting and odd...

Strange how the dates can be so wide off the mark.
Checking Foreman and his RAF Fighter Command claims vol 2, there was only one claim during the night of 6/7 June, a KG 1 aircraft which failed to return and which was claimed by 604 Sq.
Also there was just one claim during the night of 8/9 June when 43 Sq claimed a Ju 88 at 00.10H, which means the pilot took off on the 8th and landed on the 9th.

So if Luftwaffe records state KG 30 losses occured on the 6/7 or 7/8 we do have a problem. Either the losses in the Luftwaffe are wrong or the RAF records are, but which one?

Rainer
You connect Yarmouth with Isle of Wight. That cannot be correct since Yarmouth is on the English east coast, pretty near Norwich. I have no records of HMS Cottesmore, but if she was in Yarmouth on the 7th she could at least theoretically been able to be somewhere further north on the night of the 8/9 and be in position to shoot down one of the 88s. Do you know where she was?

Jim/Laurent
At this stage I myself will keep the records intact of the RAF and tend to believe that for some reason Luftwaffe has got its paperwork all wrong....

Cheers
Stig
PS: I have to back down on Yarmouth since it is also a small place on Isle of Wight. So if HMS Cottesmore was there on the 7th, which vessel could have claimed the 88 on the east coast of Scotland?