Dallachy Strike Wing and their escort losses (?) on 16 Feb 1945

[MW Giles]

It is very interesting, the claims (I think they come from Mombeek's JG5 books) are

10/JG5 Oblt W Schuck Mustang - Alesund
10/JG5 Oblt W Schuck Mustang - Alesund
10/JG5 Fw M Wollmann Avenger - Alesund
14:43 14/JG5 Lt H Neumann Mustang 10km NW of Lister
15:11 10/JG5 Uffz W Baasch Mustang 55km SSE of Alesund

It seems he did not claim a Beaufighter at all.

The Beaufighters on the raid were either rocket armed or just cannon/mg for flak suppression

Cannot find a FAA strike on that date to account for the Avenger

Martin

PS It seems the RAF claiming was not too bad as 10/JG5 lost 4 Bf109s on that day, plus a fifth that crashed on take off