Perhaps the last question on the forum - The Battle of Heligoland Bight, 18 December 1939

[Nick Beale]

OK, since we're still here … The German Lagebericht (West) Nr. 119 says (my translation):

Following kills were confirmed:

Kommodore JG 1: 1 kill
By I./JG 77: 15 kills
By II./JG 77: 13 kills
10./JG 26: 5 kils
Naval Flak: 1 kill
On the return flight, 40 km east of Cromer (Norfolk) 1 went down into the sea.

The same document gives a narrative of how the combats developed. Report No. 118 only has a paragraph, presumably because more information had come in by the following day.

By the way, Bundesarchiv RL 2-V/65, 'Einsatz von DT-Geräten (Gerät "Freya")' says that as of 21 October 1939 there were 7 Freya sets available, to be deployed as follows: 1 to Luftgau XII, 2 to LG XI, 4 to LG VI. The last of these sets was expected to be delivered by 5 December with no mention of any more deliveries that year.