UNKNOWN LUFTWAFFE BOMBER

[wise62]

Attachment 8899

hi

Attached copy of the article about the witness given by the wart; He has said 270 rounds into the a/c.
Also berkc airfield was and still is, inland, just on the other side of the sand dune.
Regards
W62

[ouidjat]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

The 24 Oct 40 was was indeed 9/KG 2 and reputed to be Cambrai which is nowhere near the coast.....

Yes Chris,

But both Stab and II. used - during that period - Saint-Léger airfield which is much more closer from Berck and in direct line when coming back from England ... and more logical after receiving 270 shots.
But, of course I don't know much more except that is exactly what was collected ( numbers of rounds received by that plane) by the local historian when he met that "wart" in 1979.
Infortunately the article isn't on line anymore.

THIS, ONLY IF the "Saint Léger" quoted in Michael Holmes site is the good one since we can find five or six "Saint-Léger-something" but none Saint Léger alone!!!! That is writing "Saint Léger" is not relevant ... as usual.

Regards, Franck.

[jvmasset]

Originally Posted by ouidjat

Yes Chris,

But both Stab and II. used - during that period - Saint-Léger airfield which is much more closer from Berck and in direct line when coming back from England ... ....
THIS, ONLY IF the "Saint Léger" quoted in Michael Holmes site is the good one since we can find five or six "Saint-Léger-something" but none Saint Léger alone!!!! That is writing "Saint Léger" is not relevant ... as usual.

For once, it IS relevant...The "Saint Léger" in question is 14km SSE Arras downtown. Few remnants of the airfield save for a taxitrack section clearly visible. The arrangement of this airfield was rather unusual (a long crushed stone peripheral taxiway from which several "antennas"-like track sections led toward revetments (usually hay bales and netting).
There were a blister hangar and a large rectangular hangar for repairs, as well as a massive firing butt (now eradicated by the Thalys TGV line).

JV