Aufkl. Gr. 122 Nov 1940
Nov 1940 – Feb 1941: 1(F)./122 carried out a reduced level of operations due to poor weather, bad airfield conditions and personnel granted Christmas leave. [1]
Nov 1940 - During the month 5(F)./122 transferred from Haute-Fontaine (Attichy) to Beauvais-Tille and remained there until June 1941, although some operational sorties were staged through other airfields along the French coast or from Jersey in the Channel Islands.[2]
02 Nov 1940 – 5(F)./122 operated a late afternoon recce sortie over the Channel and then the Thames Estuary.[3]
7 Nov 1940 – 5(F)./122 operated a midday Channel recce flight. It departed Haute Fontaine at 12.15 hrs and returned at 14.24 hrs.[4]
8 Nov 1940 – 5(F)./122 reported a Ju 88 that returned damaged from a sortie to the UK (Isle of Wight).
10 Nov 1940 – A Ju 88 of 5(F)./122 (F6+VN) operated a late afternoon Channel recce flight. It departed Haute Fontaine at 15.35 hrs and returned to Abbeville at 17.20 hrs.[5]
11 Nov 1940 – The Ju 88 F6+VN of 5(F)./122 operated a morning Channel recce flight from Abbeville. It departed 08.30 hrs and landed back at Haute Fontaine at 10.21 hrs.[6]
14 Nov 1940 – A storm caused damage to Stab./122 aircraft at Lille-Nord, in NE France – aircraft recorded as damaged were a Fw 44 and a Fi 156.
15 Nov 1940 – F6+TN of 5(F)./122 flew a Channel recce flight departing Haute Fontaine at 11.40 hrs and returning at 14.45 hrs.[7]
17-18 Nov 1940 – 3(F)./122 sent a Ju 88 on a sortie up the East Coast of England.
Date | Unit | Aircraft Type | Code | Wkr.No. | Notes |
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17-18 Nov 1940 | 3(F)./122 | Ju 88A-5 | F6+HL | 0426 | Shot down by HM Minesweeper Southsea and crashed into the sea off Whitburn, Sunderland at 08.45am.
Lt. P. Thallmaier, Fw. A. Leise and Uffz. P. Hippenstiel all MIA and Uffz. H. Maisbaum KIA.[8] |
21 Nov 1940 – 4(F)./122 sent a Ju 88A-5 on a recce sortie to Birmingham.
Date | Unit | Aircraft Type | Code | Wkr.No. | Notes |
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21 Nov 1940 | 4(F)./122 | Ju 88A-5 | 435 | Damaged in combat with shot up by a fighter and crash landed on return from a recce sortie to Birmingham, 60%.One killed[9] |
24 Nov 1940 – 4(F)./122 sent a Ju 88 sortie to the vicinity of Middlesborough, the crew Lt Bruno Pietgen, Feldw.walther Bauerle, Uffz Werner Pinn and Gefr. Walter Schenk returned to Brussels unwounded, despite being attacked by RAF aircraft.70
Date |
Unit |
Aircraft Type |
Code |
Wkr.No. |
Notes |
24 Nov 1940 |
4(F)./122 |
Ju 88 |
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Damaged in combat with Spitfires – returned to base damaged. |
30 Nov 1940 |
2(F)./122 |
Ju 88A-5 |
|
0279* |
Force landed at Ijmuiden/near Amsterdam in Holland in bad weather, 80%. |
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References
- ↑ LdZ
- ↑ LdZ - ADI(K) P/W interr.sum.
- ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
- ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
- ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
- ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
- ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
- ↑ Ramsay et al The Blitz etc v2 & Norman LotN p180
- ↑ Foreman P117