Ramrod 154 on 25 July 1943

[Håkan]

Hello,

I'm trying to clear out Ramrod 154 on 25 July 1943.

Totally RAF lost six Spitfires while claiming 3 destroyed, 2 probables and 7 damaged German fighters in this operation.

It seems that they were involved in combat fighters from I/JG 26 and III/JG 54, which claimed six Spitfires and one Typhoon between 15:04 and 15:19. The German claims in this combat seems to have been were accurate.

I've found on the JG 54 Homepage that Unteroffizier Pfeiffe of 7./JG 54 who was wounded when his Bf 109G-6 (WNr. 19818) was shot down between Castricum-Velzen (Nordseekanal) and Unteroffizier Werner Walther of 8./JG 54 who was killed when his Bf 109G-4 (WNr. 19230) was shot down 10 km west of Velzen. It is possible that a Bf 109G-6 (WNr. 20218) of III./JG 54 suffered 25% damaged at the attack on Schipol.

Is there anyone who knows if JG 26 suffered any losses/damaged?

As a curious side note, S/L Peter Wickham reported the presence of Reggiane 2002s in this combat in his combat report! He reported that the Fw 190s had Bf 109s as no.2s and that 'I'm very sure there was at least one Reggiane 2002 mixed up with them'.

Best wishes/Håkan