16-17/6/44 night fighters over England

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Originally Posted by DavidIsby

Were German night fighters/intruders active over England on the night of 16-17 June 1944?

The compliation of air-air victories from BA-MA microfilms includes the following information on 17/6:

Kdo. IX. Fliegerkorps/Lft.3
1. Uffz. Ottern 6/kG51 claimed u/i 4-engine aircraft at 2225/05 Ost, 4,500 m [England] at 0200 according to Film C 2027/IIAnerk Nr. 15
1. Fw Trenke 6/kG51 claimed u/i 4-engine aircraft at 121/05 Ost, no height [England] at 0215 according to Film C 2027/IIAnerk Nr. 16

Questions:
2. Can anyone provide a reference to a source that would provide the location of the grid references aove?

Thanks
David Isby

Hi David.
The positions are given in the old Lw grid system. The link below has a converter (LUMA, use pre MAY 1943), which will convert the positions to lat./long.
http://www.gyges.dk/reporting_grids.htm and this is a part of the story:
http://www.gyges.dk/Wilde%20Sau%20Frankrig.htm I have a copy of the German document.
bregds
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