Bf109 loss 7th January 1942 - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

brewerjerry · #12 10th January 2008, 01:28

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Originally Posted by alex crawford

Hi Jerry,

263 Sqn ORB Form 541 for 7th January 1942 reads:

P/O Blackshaw/P7011 and Sgt Lovell/P7003 were scrambled at 1055 to patrol base at 15,000ft. Two photographic ME109Fs were patrolling between Plymouth and Ibsley. One of these crashed through engine failure. Its pilot bailed out sucessfully and was captured near Bovey Tracey. Time down 1130.

As the Bf109s were mentioned in this entry I assumed the Whirwinds had been scrambled/vectored to intercept these two Bf109s.

Alex

Hi Alex,
You're right, I never connected the info together, a touch of the 'dooh', by me..
cheers
jerry

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