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(A) Night of 7/eth June 1*44. 307 (i^lieh) SŁjuadron.

(0) ios^uito XXI. a#:* Ua$ VIII (0) 0126/28

(jS) 10 raiłoś Jouth of LAJ.MiGłtf V&*

(?) ifearly fuli .toon, olear sky and good viaibilit/.

(G) NU (Hj nu

(J)    Tle Ju 00 aaaaged.

(K)    NU Cenar>g ^e,»ort.

I took Ott froa 'Joltiohall at Z&Q houru on intruder to i, . A.<D£2I,

Candfall was nade betwoen AAfiLANC and ó dOSNIKDOG and 1 divod froa 2000 ft.

Ad oroosed over mainland dth >ut enoountoring My flaś.

Z then patrolled the targot area frora 0043 hra without rouult untll 0126 hra when ny N/ . *0* KAHAlx>, reported a oontaot at 8/9000 ft ranga helght O00 ft on a oourse of 220°we were flying en a <eaterly oourao .outh of L . JMflf //D at 1000 ft and I turnod and olosed on tho ^}Jk whloh wa*. flying stralght and leve},

AiCiłli ?30«

I got a vlsuai of a tein ongined aircrsft at 2D90 ft rango and on oloaing to 1000 ft I dafinitely idantlfied it aa a JU.8c.

I then opraed fire with a ahort burat oloslng from 200 to 1J0 yarda frooi autorn and alle.drtiy to port but no muults wora aa on. I again fired a ahort burut froa 1)0 yde oloaLnK to 75 fds. and iraaediately suw many strikaa on tha fuualege and Junotlon of port main piane. Before Z oould do er aoo anything morę I was oonęletely daaaled by searohlighto wlioh hi Id uy alroruft while I div«d away to port and I was unablo to shake off tho ooarchlighta until I was at ft when tho oe&rohlighta whloh wara fully cieprsased wers v«ry hilpfUl ln illusinating the treea ovor whloh I flwar. At the same tlao as * was ho Id by aearohlighta Tery heavy traoer wa a fired at ua and we notioed whlte orange red and greon bumta o -aIng past the Nesąuito whloh howover w&u not hit.

ó/hs and Flah positiona from whióh thlo tr-.cer wao fired wore at HA    and

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1 'win, to the 6/L'b and aoourate fire waz wero unablo to look baok to see it he ló/k has cr ahed and was buraing on the grounu but owing to the Tery ahort raiv:« t ag laat burot 1 foel suro that the u/A was deutroyod and I would lite the Assessinent Oosmittee to oonsider whother the alaiat ought not to bo graded to •probauly dostroyed¹ Instead of merely 'daneged' (as sllowed by the 100tor Intolllgenoe Off ioocr)

Aftor turnlng north past LdU YAłHfcSN I set oourae for homo anu landod aafely

at Obarcz Ponton at 0312 hra.

>_trji!uncnt report.

8 UV I A 8 i.tk/1 froa each tfannon - To tal 64 rounda.

1 inohes of Caaara film wore ezpesed.

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