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Ramrod 240 23 September 1943

TARGET – BEAUVAIS/TILLE A/D
FORCE – 78 MARAUDERS of the U.S. 8th A.S.C.
CLOSE ESCORT – 306, 308, and 402, 416 (RCAF) Squadrons, SPIITFIRES V.
ESCORT COVER – 41, 91 Squadrons, SPITFIRES XII
HIGH COVER – 129, 222, 341, 485 Squadrons, SPITFIRES IX/IX (66)
TOP COVER – 19, 122 Squadrons, SPITFIRES IX
R/V – N.W. of DIEPPE at 1520 hrs.
RESULTS – 70 MARAUDERS attacking, dropping 530 x 300 lb., and 291 x 100 lb., with fair to good results. Fairly stiff fighter opposition was experienced and during the course of combats, 416 damaged 1 Fw.190, 2 SPITFIRES and pilots of 308 are missing. 91 destroyed 2 Fw.190s, 1 Me.109 and damaged another Me.109, without loss. 341 destroyed 3 Fw.190s and 1 Me.109, without loss.
FIRST FIGHTER SWEEP – 302, 303 Squadrons, SPITFIRES IX swept over the DIEPPE/POIX/BEAUVAIS/LONDINIERES while 303 destroyed 1 Fw,190 and probably destroyed 3 Fw.190s for the loss of 1 Spitfire, the pilot of which is safe.
SECOND FIGHTER SWEEP – 331, 332 Squadrons, SPITFIRES IX swept the DOULLENS/ST.OMER/ARRAS area. 20 Me.109s were attacked in the ARRAS area, 331 damaging 1 Me.109 without loss. The 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th FIGHTER SWEEPS (SPITFIRES IX/VB/VC) were productive of no combats and the squadrons participating and areas swept are as follows: 403, 421 (RCAF) Squadrons, POIX/AMIENS; 152, 602 LILLE/MERVILLE/GRAVELINES; 401, 411, 412 (RCAF) Squadrons LILLE/MERNVILLE/GRAVELINES area; 197, 486 TYPHOONS IB, BEAUMONT/BERNAY/TRICQUEVILLE area.

This appears to be an official account of this raid. However I have tried to align it with the Fighter Command War Diaries and Fighter Command Victory Claims and there seem to be anomalies.

For example 91 (sqn) destroyed 2 Fw.190s, 1 Me.109 and damaged another Me.109, without loss. 341 destroyed 3 Fw.190s and 1 Me.109, without loss.. The FCVC however indicates that 91 squadron only damaged one Bf109 (not shown in FCWD). 341 made three confirmed claims (a fourth was made by the Hornchurch wing leader. Presumably because the Hornchurch Wing were sharing the high cover duty with the French squadrons?). It seems that 91 Squadrons claims are actually on 24 September, and that claims for Fw190s may have been Bf109G.

German casualties were Bf109s from III/JG26 and perhaps II/JG2?
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