From "The Hardest Day" 18 August 1940: Dr Alfred Price:
501 Sqn:
These four were shot down by Oblt Gerhard Schoepfel of III./JG26 in a solo attack 1.05 pm:
P3208 destroyed P/O J Bland KIA
P3059 destroyed P/O K Lee baled out wounded
P3815 destroyed P/O F Kozlowski baled out wounded
N2617 destroyed Sgt D McKay baled out wounded
Others shot down were:
R4219 destroyed
P2549 destroyed
Battle of Britain Then and Now Vol V:
11 July: N2485 shot down. 12th: P3084 shot down. 20th: P8032 shot down. 21st: L2083 force landed, cause unknown, repairable. 27th: P3808 shot down. 31st: P3646 crashed and burned after combat w/Ju87s; P3349 undershot runway, repairable.
7 August: P3041 & P3083 collided during landing, both repairable. 12th: P3397 force landed, repairable; P3803 MIA; N2329 Undercarriage failure, repairable; P2986 damaged landing on damaged runway, repairable. 15th: P3582, P3040 shot down; V7230 RTB damaged. 18th: (see above). 24th: P3141 MIA; L1659 damaged during combat, crash landed Hawkinge, repairable; L1865 shot down. 27th: R4222 landed damaged during combat, repairable. 30th: P8816 landed damaged during combat, repairable; 31st: V6540 shot down.
2 September: V7230; force landed damaged in combat, repairable; V7234 shot down; L1578 MIA; (unspecified damaged in combat). 5th: V6644 shot down. 6th: V6612, V6646 shot down; P3516 FTR following combat. 11th: P5200 shot down. 13th: P2793 radiator shot up while shooting down He 111, pilot baled out. 15th: P2760; shot down; V7433 force landed damaged, repairable. 17th: V7357, P3820 shot down. 18th: V6600, V6620 shot down. 27th: V6672, V6645 shot down. 28th: V7497, P3417 SD-W shot down; P3605 combat damage, repairable. 30th: L1657 combat damage, repairable.
4 October: V6733, V7498 SD-E force landed in deteriorating weather, both repairable. 7th: V6800 shot down, V6799 SD-X collided w/ Bf 109 which was destroyed, landed damaged, repairable. 15th: V6722 shot down; P5194, V6787 landed damaged in combat, repairable. 17th: V6703 severely damaged during bombing attack on base (Kenley) but repairable. 25th: P2903, V6806 mid air collision, 1 pilot killed; P5193 believed shot down, repairable (?) N2438 Reputedly shot down (?). 29th: P3714 force landed engine failure, repairable; V7595 crashed routine patrol pilot unhurt.
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