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92 Squadron Battle of Britain Claims - July 10th 1940
Can anyone help me to identify the source of a couple of claims listed in Brian Cull's Battle for the Channel. During the morning of 10th July 1940, the opening day of the Battle of Britain, 92 Squadron had 3 encounters with Luftwaffe bombers. Cull lists the 3rd of these as 2 Spitfires near Barry, 12:00-13:18, flown by P/O Hill and P/O Wright claiming an He 111 probable shared. I can find no corresponding combat reports at the National Archive and Form 540 and 541 do not mention this particular claim. I have reviewed claims and losses in Mason, Ramsey/Cornwell, Foreman, Shores, and Parry without success.
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Re: 92 Squadron Battle of Britain Claims - July 10th 1940
Hi Peter,
Certainly there is nothing in the ORB that indicates any combat on the 10th, in fact it states that no contact was made. It is possible that the information came from D G Williams's combat report for the 10th which seems to contradict the ORB although it is difficult to read. Alternatively, perhaps at the time that the research was completed he had access to a logbook and took the information from that. Gerry |
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Re: 92 Squadron Battle of Britain Claims - July 10th 1940
You can ask him directly here. He is active in this forum under the name of Brian (see for example the last post of the sticky post on Friendly fire above)
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Re: 92 Squadron Battle of Britain Claims - July 10th 1940
Hi guys
Just spotted this. Sorry, I can't give a definitive answer as to where the information came from (my material for the book was gathered over a period of 25-30 years!) but I do recall reading a history of 92 Squadron (possibly privately published) many years ago - 'Best of the Few' by Michael Robinson. I no longer have a copy but this may have been the source of the information. If not, I'll keep delving into a ton of papers that represent part of my archive!! Cheers Brian |
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Re: 92 Squadron Battle of Britain Claims - July 10th 1940
Thanks to all for your replies, and especially Brian -- I greatly appreciate your amazing work in your 2 Battle of Britain volumes, when is Volume 3 due!
Peter |
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Re: 92 Squadron Battle of Britain Claims - July 10th 1940
Hi Peter
I do have my critics so your kind words are encouraging! I'm afraid that I cannot yet give a date for 'Battle for the Airfields' but hopefully next year. Definitely not this year - too much on my plate! Cheers Brian |
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92 Squadron Battle of Britain Claims - July 10th 1940
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Re: 92 Squadron Battle of Britain Claims - July 10th 1940
Hi James
Wow! Thanks for the kind words. I've now got at least two fans! Best Brian |
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92 Squadron Battle of Britain Claims - July 10th 1940
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You're most welcome. Thank You for all the work you've done on your books. James
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Re: 92 Squadron Battle of Britain Claims - July 10th 1940
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I have just had a look in Robinson's "Best of the Few" (pg 47) and there is no mention of any claims by 92 on the 10th July. Cheers, Tim |
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