JG2 losses 20 January 1943

[keith A]

My 340 link was from JG26 War Diary, further details from FCWD (pt.2) claimed c1300 10m SE Beachy Head or S Dungeness. Your timing of the combat shoots that theory out of the water, Joe Atkinson it is. 64 claims were made around 1700 ("The enemy aircraft caught fire and hit the water about 100 yards off shore ½ mile east of Calais"). Gouby therefore must have claimed Ltn Deziers of SKG 10 (no details).

I have two losses unexplained for this date, Bf 109F-4 Werk # 13101 ObLtn Karl Frenzel-Beyme, Stfkpt Erg/JGr-Ost KIA 20 January, 1943 during aerial combat in Wk# 13101 in Dover-Folkstone area.

Bf 109F-4 Werk # 8523 "Red 22" Ltn Eberhard Dau 2/JGr-Süd MIA 20 January, 1943; failed to return from a mission over London.

Although I believe Dau might have been lost a day later.