The days' action is described in Caldwell, 'JG26 War Diary Vol. II' ( Grub Street, 1998 ), but details of the Lancasters are not given.

FWIW, every Luftwaffe fighter unit in the Paris area was scrambled just before noon to intercept 222 Lancasters & Halifaxes which were targeting two large V1 storage depots. II/JG1 were first one the scene but were driven off by a squadron of Spitfires. However, III/JG.26 and III/JG.54 then arrived and had almost a 'free run' at the bomber formations.

JG.26 pilots Lancaster claims were as follows : -

Gefr. Deshombes at 12:16, N. of Paris ( UE5 )
Uffz. Gehrke at 12:23, Le Bourget/Paris ( UE8/9 ) - known to be a 207 Squadron aircraft
Uffz. Scholz at 12:15, N. of Paris ( UE7 )

The aerial battle sounds very confused - there was much overclaiming which Caldwell notes ' can be attributed to excitement at finding so many unescorted bombers, and inexperience in attacking them ; after two months on the Invasionfront, there were few experienced RLV pilots left....' ( p.314 ).

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