Luftwaffe vs. Operation Outward - any encounter?

[Leendert]

From March 1942 to September 1944 the British sent up almost 100.000 (or 100,000 if you like) balloons towards hopefully Germany to disrupt power lines and/or start fires, depending on the type of balloon. Code name was Operation Outward, of which more info on the web.

Notwithstanding the relative small size of the balloons used, did a Luftwaffe fighter ever shoot down such a balloon? Engagements by fighters known?

Any leads welcome.

Regards,
Leendert

[Siko54]

Hi,

I have a Flugbuch to Ofw Walter Neuhaus of 7./NG3 who crashed his BF110 trying to shoot down one of those balloons on his first Feindflug. I’ll see if I can put the scan of his death card in - sadly his Flugbuch stopped a month before his death in 1942.

[Siko54]

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=13760

[Leendert]

Thanks for pointing me to this example. In a far corner of my memory is a report of a shooting down over Norway as well, but lost trace of a reference.

Regards,
Leendert