LW losses night 19/20th September 1944 - attack to Eindhoven?

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Good morning for all.

Am just reading "The Road to Arnhem" by Donald R. Burgett, who mentions that on the night of 19th/20th September 1944, the LW launched an attack on Eindhoven with some 100+ machines, which the author mentions as being JKu 87 and Ju 88.

Between pgs.82-83, the author do mention that a FLARE stuck to the bomb-bay of one of the bombers, who was pursued by Allied anti-aircraft fire and searchlights, but the bomber managed to escape.

I am aware of the units invovled thanks to this previous post at Toch down here:

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...ndhoven&page=2

My question, therefore is to know IF, there is the record for a DAMAGED machine that matches this report or remembrance of Donald R. Burgett?

It may have been a "Pathfinder" unit, so probably KG 66.

Is there the record of a damaged Ju 88 S or T that returned back with the ignited Flare on the belly or whose crew had to bail out due to the fire on their belly? This surely would be the machine described by the Parachute (Screaming Eagle) veteran on his memories.

According to Burgett, the LW achieved a real victory that night, bombing several British vehicles on the town.

Adriano