Fw Herbert Böhling & crew 7./KG 3 Sep 44

[Brian Bines]

Little hard to be specific on this one, as you say the NVM gives the 26th while there are reports of V-1 attacks on the 25/26th with most incidents in East Anglia and on the 26/27th with incidents including a Key Point in Enfield . As regards RAF claims on the 24/25th there were 1/ W/O Fitchett with F/Sgt Hardy in MM589 of 409 Sqd. claiming a He 111 over Belgium they took off from St.Andre and landed at Lille with the Mosquito damaged by debris from their victim. 2/ Claim for a probable by F/O Henley with F/Sgt Hope of 25 Sqd at 2130 hrs position H 50. 3/ claim for probable by W/C Mitchell with F/L Cox of 25 Sqd at 0515 hrs in square J. The next RAF claim and Launcher losses I noted was on the 28/29th with two claims by W/C Mitchell at 0520 and 0545 hrs and two Launcher losses crews of Oblt Banneick St.Kap. and Uffz Duhring all missing on the 29th .
For Luftwaffe losses from NVMs on the 24th loss of crew of Oblt Bohnet and 25th loss of crew ot Ltn Denig all crewmen missing, linking to RAF claims on 24/25th ? On the 26th crew of Fw Bohling all killed in crash to unknown cause at Henkenberge I assumed this was a crash on the 26th not due to direct enemy fighter action .