Me 110 from 7./NJG3 crash in Belgium

[Leendert]

Ed, Google "Operation Outward" for British balloons. Regards, Leendert

[edwest2]

Thank you Leendert.

Best,
Ed

[ClinA-78]

The UK sent a balloon with incendiaries? Do you have more details?

Many of them, especially in '41-'42.

[Siko54]

Fascinating thread - thanks for all the details about the balloons. I knew a little bit about them from a podcast which mentioned them but never knew that was what killed Neuhaus and Hungerland. Puts a pretty unique spin on his Flugbuch now I guess!

Minor point but I should clarify from my earlier post where I mention 33 Feindflug - that is what the seller told me. Sadly it proved to be 33 "Einsatz" which were clearly training missions, to be fair to the seller a JG77 Flugbuch I own has every operational mission recorded as an "Einsatz" so there is potential for some confusion.

[Snautzer]

Portrait der Nachtjagd Pilot Ofw. Walter Neuhaus der 4./NJG1, gefallen am 23. Juli 1942 beim 7./NJG3, Absturz mit Bf 110 C-4 "D5+IR" (Werknr. 3212) laut Volksbund in "Cul des Courts" = Cul-des-Sarts, bei Couvin, Belgien. https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/thread...2#post-1728240

[Temistocle]

Originally Posted by ClinA-78

Hi Siko,

It appears it was not a barrage balloon but a balloon sent by UK in order to bother the Germans, carrying incendiaries, leaflets, etc.

ClinA-78

Hi Clin, where did you get this info?
Do you know other inteception attempts/shot downs of incendiary balloons?
Thanks

Temistocle

[Bombphoon]

Originally Posted by edwest2

The UK sent a balloon with incendiaries? Do you have more details?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Outward

[TigerTimon]

From the Dutch author D. Breedijk (he wrote an online document about local events near Oldebroek, the Netherlands: https://www.oldebroek4045.nl/boek%20dickbreedijk.htm)


May 11, 1943 at 6.15 am a rubber balloon the size of a normal room was found in Hattemerbroek.