Bf 110 Attack on Manston 15 August 1940

[Peter Cook]

Originally Posted by Martin Gleeson

N3245 was damaged to Category 2 level at Manston on the 15th, but I cannot determine how it was damaged.
The F.78 for N3245 shows it as 'F.A. O. (2) 15.8.40' on page 2. The 49 M.U. ORB (AIR 29/1008) records early on the 18th being notified of N3245 at Manston (for recovery). The F.78 on page 1 notes it was Taken On Charge by No.1 Civilian Repair Unit (4 M.U.) on August 24th, but it was back on charge with 266 Squadron on August 29th.

Regards,

Martin Gleeson.

Thank you for this information Martin, which confirms my own thoughts re. N3245. Do you have a digital source for the F.78 records? I am familiar with the abbreviated versions in Morgan and Shacklady's Spitfire tome, and the digital version of the abbreviated entries at http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/home.html.

Peter

[Martin Gleeson]

Hello Peter,

I do have a digital source for the F.78s, purchased some time ago from the RAF Museum. As you can imagine the individual forms vary in quality and amount of information.

Regards,

Martin.