RAF Bomber gunner claim during the night 5-6/07/1941 over Belgium

[Luc Vervoort]

Chris,


Thanks for your reply, you’re correct to mention that it can only be assumed.


The hours of take off and landing of the 3 Wellingtons are :
Z6555 t/o 22h38 landed 05h14
R1451 t/o 23h18 landed 03h30
R1532 t/o 23h22 landed 04h32


Note : is it possible that R1451 landed an hour earlier than R1532, while the difference at the take off was only 4 minutes ? (All other planes of 311 Squadron also landed after 04h00.)


In ‘ Deutsche Nachtjagd – Personalverluste in Ausbildung und Einsatz – fliegendes Personal -, by Michael Balss (1.Auflage 1997) is mentioned as time 03h00.


Do these times need some kind of conversion ? Was the British time zone equal to the German one during July 1941 ?


Unfortunately I don’t have the NVM for the crash of the Bf110. Perhaps a NJG specialist can help ?


Many thanks in advance and best regards


Luc