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Old 30th June 2022, 11:41
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Identity of three Ju 88 shot down by 198 Sqn Typhoons 13 January 1944?

Please can anybody identify the unit to which three Ju 88 shot down by a 198 Sqn Ranger mission over central France on 13 January 1944 belonged? The photo at the link below appears to show one of them:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205023274

As far as I can tell from https://www.rcafassociation.ca/herit...ry-to-30-june/ and the equivalent data for 1943, J M G Plamondon shot down only one Ju 88 during his flying career, on 13 January 1944, so this (photo) is presumably it. Plamondon himself was shot down (by flak) in October 1944.

The Luftflotte 3 loss tables confirm that three Ju 88 were shot down in air combat on 13 January, but unfortunately I have neither Trendle's nor Balss's January 1944 volumes, and the Kampfgeschwader unit histories that I have shed no light on the matter (beyond making it unlikely that the Ju 88s belonged to several specific units). And an article in 'Avions' No.77 appears to discount the possibility that the Ju 88s belonged to training units.

Please can anybody confirm the Luftwaffe unit that lost three Ju 88s over central France on 13 January - I suspect they all belonged to the same unit if 198 Sqn caught them together and brought them down in short order.

Many thanks,

Simon
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