|
Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the German Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of its Allies. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
B-17 raid LE TRAIT 24 AUGUST 1942
Was this raid intercepted by any LW units? The 12 B-17s suffered minimal damage (3 aircraft) but I am unsure this was AA fire.
regards Keith |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Re: B-17 raid LE TRAIT 24 AUGUST 1942
Both JG 2 and JG 26 tried to intercept this raid but according to JG 26 War Diary by Caldwell no German fighter could reach the bombers, all fighting the Spitfire escort. The latter claimed 3-1-4 Fw 190 for two losses and 2 damaged, the German units claimed 6 Spitfires (1 by JG 2, 5 by JG 26) apparently without loss.
|
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Re: B-17 raid LE TRAIT 24 AUGUST 1942
The claimed six Spitfires:
1730 hrs 4./JG 26 Oblt Kurt Ebersberger, east Doudeville 1730 hrs 5./JG 26 Ofw Heinrich Bierwirth, St. Valéry 1732 hrs 5./JG 26 Fw Paul Fritsch, Veules les Roses 1735 hrs 4./JG 26 Ofw Wilhelm Philipp, northwest Fécamp 1745 hrs 11./JG 2 Fw Helmut Baudach, 4 km southeast St. Valéry 1750 hrs 5./JG 26 Lt Gerhard Strasen, east Fécamp Losses: 3./JG 2 Oblt Elmar Resch, Staffelkapitän engine trouble, emergency landing Octeville, <10% Fw 190 A-3 2147 yellow 9 3./JG 2 Uffz Josef Bürckel wounded engine trouble, landing accident Tricqueville, 80% Fw 190 A-2 0297 Source: JFV Vol. 7 Regards Leo |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Re: B-17 raid LE TRAIT 24 AUGUST 1942
As precised by Rottler, JG 2 had one loss, but not due to enemy action.
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Friendly fire WWII | Brian | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 803 | 8th July 2023 15:47 |
Four Bomber Command losses to Flak 11-12 August 1942 Mainz raid | Theo Boiten | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 0 | 28th June 2015 21:04 |
True performance of Hawk 75? | GuerraCivil | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 9 | 31st July 2014 14:13 |
Is this a true statement about the B24? | tcolvin | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 52 | 24th January 2014 17:55 |
JG 54 near Leningrad in August, 1942 | Andrey Dikov | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 15 | 9th March 2007 20:54 |