bombers at dieppe

[Rasmussen]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

I/KG 77 lost one Ju 88 with one damaged

Hmmm... one? I have two. The "3Z+FL" (100%) and the "3Z+YK" (45%).

[Chris Goss]

Hmm? Not at all. 3Z+FL was 100% at Forges-Les-Eaux with 4 killed and 3Z+YK 60% at Azourville with 2 wounded. They were after the same thing as 106-6 ac attacked Portsmouth between 1925-1935 hrs and one of these attacked a ship at 1929 hrs. Another 4 dropped bombs on the Isle of Wight. It is interesting that the only mention is of the Azourville aircraft which was attacked by a Beaufighter at 1935 hrs off the Isle of Wight, lost and engine and force-landed at the emergency airfield with two wounded crew after which they counted 80 holes in the aircraft. There was only the one claim by a Beau and that was 141 Sqn and it was always thought that they had shot down Nottmeier's Ju 88. Looking at the NVM, for both, it mentions they were both damaged by fighters in sea targets connected with Dieppe