| Date and time |
13.09.1944 08:40 - 10:15 (1 h 35 min) |
| Aircraft |
Spitfire IX L.F. (MK726)
|
| Unit |
1 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
| Duty |
Low level attack |
| Aircrew |
Kjeld Christian Johan Pedersen
(Pilot)
|
| Details |
12 Spitfire IX LF (45 gallon tanks) carried out a low level attack on a suspected Big Ben [V2 rocket] storage site N.E. of Hague. Pin pointed area in wood and straffed according to plan from 1,000 ft. down to zero feet. No signs [of] activity or tracks seen in spruce woodland. A.A. post at D.678998 attacked by cannon fire and believed damaged. Two gun posts seen at Y.670000 and D.716978. Believed camouflaged articulator seen in wood off small road D.716978. Explosion at D.685985 - large mine or small ammo dump. Two or three bursts of light flak from target area. No cloud, a light haze. |
| Source |
AIR 27/4 |
| Note |
Yellow section |