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LG2's Role in Attack on Biggin Hill on 30 August 1940
I am trying to establish the role played by Bf 109s of LG2 in the second attack on Biggin Hill at approximately 18.00 on 30 August 1940. In To Defeat the Few: The Luftwaffe’s campaign to destroy RAF Fighter Command, August–September 1940, authors Douglas Dildy and Paul Crickmore state that Biggin Hill was bombed by:
... ten Bf 110Ds [of ErprGr 210] leading a half-dozen Bf 109E-7 Jabos from II.(Schl)/LG 2 on their very first operational mission. However, this is the only source that I can locate that includes the II.(S)/LG 2 Jabos in this raid. Malcolm Lowe's Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West states that II.(S)/LG 2 became operational at the beginning of September. I wondered if Dildy and Crickmore could have been confused by the presence of Bf 109s of I.(J)/LG 2, which made claims for two Spitfires (misidentifications of 79 Squadron Hurricanes) over Biggin Hill – Ofw Schumann at 18.10, and Hptm Ihlefeld 18.25. Any thoughts? Peter |
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Re: LG2's Role in Attack on Biggin Hill on 30 August 1940
Post #5 in this thread gives you the answer. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=37486
The unit didn't move to France until 4th September 1940, so could not have taken part in the Biggin Hill raid of 30th August. Douglas Dildy also says II./LG 2 took part in that raid in his book 'Battle of Britain 1940, The Luftwaffe's 'Eagle Attack'. I will not make comment on the contents of that book.
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