Bf110 losses on 15 Oct 1940

[John Vasco]

Richard,
There were no Bf 110 losses on 15th October 1940 in any action against mainland England...

[Richard Reeves]

That is very odd indeed as there are a number of corroborative sources, obviously 609 squadron claimed one as noted in their ORB, Dundas claimed it in his combat report even though he saw no impact, Ostazewski claimed it but appears not to have handed in his combat report, he claimed the rear gunner was dead at least. The Coastguard recorded it crashing as did the Royal Observer Corps and R.A.F. Christchurch airfield in their Log Book ... so what sources can I, check. I know that it doesn't apear in BoBT&N but should I be looking in the Luftwaffe QMG returns?

[Chris Goss]

The Luftflotte 3 report timed 1645 hrs on 15 Oct 40 states that fighter units from Jafü 3 carried out a fighter sweep (not an escort sortie) between 1245-1400 hrs consisting 23 Bf 110s of ZG 26 and 47 Bf 109s of JG 2. ZG 26 were attacked SW Southampton but managed to disappear into cloud; no losses or claims. 47 Bf 109s of JG 2 were involved in a combat west of the Isle of Wight losing just 2 aircraft in combat but with I./JG 2 claiming 6 Hurricanes and a Spitfire and II./JG 2 claiming 3 Spitfires. It reiterates again that the only losses in combat were 2 Bf 109s from JG 2