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No. 41 Squadron ‡
AIR 130
GND 55
Sorties 118
SQUADRON
STATUS
READINESS
AVAILABLE
30 MINUTES NOTICE
STANDING-BY
ON PATROL
LANDING AND REFUELLING
RELEASED

OPERATIONS RECORD BOOK

Combat Report


Intelligence Form 'F'
Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A)04.07.20
Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B)No. 41 Squadron RAF
Type and mark of our A/C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C)Spitfire IX
Time attack was delivered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(D)04.25
Place of attack or target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(E)Hertogenbosch Defences
Our casualties A/C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (F)Spitfire IX SM605 Cat. E
Our casualties personell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (G)F/O 'Mac' Steele I(s)
Enemy casualties in air combat. . . . . . . . . . . . . (H)1 Bf 109 Dmgd.
1 Bf 109 Dest.
1 Bf 109 Dest.
1 Bf 109 Dest.
Enemy casualties ground and sea targets. . . . . . (J)Nil

General Report

Immediately after RTBing from the first sortie over Hertogenbosch Defences, S/L requested the ground crew to quickly rearm and refuel our planes for another one. I had to switch to EB-Y for this one since EB-N was severely damaged on the wing. Flight B, again under the codename BUMPER, took-off from B.77 without problems and quickly encountered a large squadron of Tempests in the vicinity of the target area. This time our fighters had more altitude and nearby support and it did not take long before a large formation of Me-109s was encountered. F/O 'Mac' Steele shot one down from close range after a quick turn fight but was forced to bail out after a bullet hit his shoulder. I managed to take down 03 Me-109s, including the one who had previously shot at my wingman, and also damage another. The remaining pilots RTBed safely.

F/Lt 'Riksen' Richards