145 Wing victories 29 June 1944

[keith A]

"Thomas Beike’s flight originated from one of the hidden satellite airfields at Évreux, a small French town in Normandy, south of Rouen. Évreux is only 90 km east-southeast of the invasion beaches. During WWII, the Luftwaffe had used the field and the surrounding area as a series of airbases, as well as a decoy airfield designed to draw off Allied bombing raids. On D-Day, the area was the base of both Jagdabschnittführer 5, Schnellkampfgeschwader 10, KG-54 (and possibly several other Luftwaffe units). This was in the area that the Germans called the Évreux-Lisieux Sector."

WCdr Crawford Compton and his French pilots claimed two Fw190 and a Bf109G on this take. These were apparently taking off from Evreux. I had originally accepted they were three Fw190 of JG26 but perhaps I am wrong and they are from Jagdabschnittführer 5 and SKG10?

best regards

Keith

[Chris Goss]

I./SKG 10 was still at Tours on this date from my records and I have no losses