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Intelligence Form 'F' | ||
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| Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (A) | 09.08.20 |
| Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (B) | No. 41 Squadron RAF |
| Type and mark of our A/C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (C) | Spitfire IX |
| Time attack was delivered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (D) | 22.14 |
| Place of attack or target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (E) | Kelz airfield |
| Our casualties A/C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (F) | Spitfire IX SM605 Cat. E |
| Our casualties personell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | (G) | F/O 'Mac' Steele K |
| Enemy casualties in air combat. . . . . . . . . . . . . | (H) | 1 Me 262 Dest. |
| Enemy casualties ground and sea targets. . . . . . | (J) | 3 Single-Eng. a/c Dmgd. |
General Report | ||
Took off from Asch with Red Section and led to Kelz airfield. Blue Section was on the flak suppression job but the OC had to turn back with engine trouble. P/O Steele went on alone and was shot down I believe. We arrived over Kelz and were attacked by a number of JP 262s so I hurried the run in onto the target and did not manage to get the section properly aligned. I got my bombs close to the right hand group of E/A but only caused damage, I did not see any enemy a/c destroyed. On the climb out towards Zulpich we were attacked by the JPs again one of which I managed to get close to and fired 4 or 5 short bursts until I saw my rounds hitting the port engine and a/c stalled and dived to the ground. My first 262 destroyed and at a range of around 500 yards. We reformed quickly and recovered back to Asch without incident. On landing I damaged my starboard wing due to ground looping. | ||