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Originally Posted by Erich
welcome Simon, just checking and no there are no Flak forums in any country on the web.
are you for certain that your relatives craft was destroyed by Flak ? there are over 11 confirmations to LW night fighters the night you speak of. rounds of twin 2cm Schräge Musik can also be a similar indicator to flak hits
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Erich,
Thanks for your comments.
Yes I am certain it was flak. There was a verified eye-witness account of the loss of Peter's aircraft, published in 'Luck and a Lancaster'. The operation was in daylight and the aircraft was shot down on approach to the target at about 1400hrs local time i.e in daylight. I had kept an open mind until reading the account, which describes the loss of all three a/c lost on that op. I then managed to contact the author, Harry Yates, and discussed it at length with him. Grand fellow to speak to, still with a clear memory of what he went through.
There were also night ops but this was definitely daylight. I understand from various sources that Homberg was notoriously well-defended, which would not be a surprise as I understand it is close to the Ruhr.