Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum  

Go Back   Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum > Discussion > Allied and Soviet Air Forces

Allied and Soviet Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the Air Forces of the Western Allies and the Soviet Union.

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1  
Old 7th June 2019, 18:04
SteveR SteveR is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Upper Midwest, USA
Posts: 351
SteveR is on a distinguished road
9 April 1940: S/L George Peacock, No. 9 Squadron

I'll try to keep this short...

In Shores' Fledgling Eagles it is stated that on 9 April 1940 a Wellington on No. 9 Squadron, returning from an operation to Norway, shot down a Do-18 of 3/406, the crew of which perished, without giving any details of the combat.

In Gordon Thorburn's Bomber Command 1939-1940 the author states that the victorious Wellington was that of S/L George Peacock and that Peacock was awarded the D.F.C. for it.

There's nothing about it in Thorburn's Bombers First and Last or in Mason's 9 Squadron.

I went to the National Archives website to try to find more info. Searching the Air 50 files for a combat report yielded nothing. Searching Air 27 I found confirmation of the D.F.C award but nothing about the combat - not in the ORB or any of the 500+ pages of Appendices.

Questions:

Have I missed something in the NA? Can anyone suggest search terms that might help me find something there? Does a combat report for this encounter exist?

Does anyone have any more details of this combat from the RAF perspective (the commander of the Do-18 is given in Shores; since the crew perished I figure there's not much to be had from the Luftwaffe perspective)?

Thanks in advance for any help!
Reply With Quote
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Airlift into Narvik, April 1940 Petrusja Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces 1 5th March 2019 01:54
Any dispute about interpreting the BofB? tcolvin Allied and Soviet Air Forces 57 17th October 2010 21:31
226 SQUADRON – FRANCE 1940 malcolmjameswilson Allied and Soviet Air Forces 4 6th July 2010 10:42
RN sub attacked by RAF 15 April 1940 Brian Allied and Soviet Air Forces 0 2nd April 2010 22:10
9 April 1945: Me 262 claimed damaged by 617 RAF Squadron Lancaster gunner Roger Gaemperle Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces 0 3rd August 2009 12:49


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 08:18.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004 - 2018, 12oclockhigh.net