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BOXART STORY #84195
Part of the preparations for the opening up
of the Western Front in 1944 were systematic
attacks against Luftwaffe transport
infrastructure and airfields in northern France
and the Netherlands. Supporting the nearing
invasion by massive amounts of ground troops
was dependent on securing air supremacy,
along with crippling enemy supply routes, two
factors that would be of decisive importance
to the success of the entire operation. The
weight of this task rested mainly on fighters
and medium bombers of the RAF and USAAF.
The most accurate tools of the trade were
to be single engined fighters. Particularly
suited for the task in the RAF were the
Hurricane Mk.IIb or Mk.IV, which, however,
had their heyday behind them, and the more
modern Typhoons and Tempests from the same
manufacturer.
An invasion of the European mainland coast
was almost imminent when, on the morning
of May 28th, 1944, a combat reconnaissance
conducted by RAF Spitfires discovered a large
number of Luftwaffe single and twin-engined
aircraft at airfields near Paris. On the same
day, nine Tempests from No.3 Squadron RAF,
subordinate to No.150 Wing and under the
command of W/Cdr Roland P. Beamont himself,
D.S.O, DFC & Bar headed for France. Before
the group crossed the Channel, the pilots of
four Tempests had to turn around for an early
return due to various issues. The remaining
five crossed the coast at 8,000 feet at Ault
and headed straight for Cormeilles-En-Vexin
airfield northwest of Paris. The tight formation
of Tempests arrived at the base around 5:30
p.m., and from an area of unlimited visibility,
they dove into smoke, which reduced visibility
to 5-6 miles from the ground up to 5,000 feet.
Nevertheless, the Tempest pilots spotted
five twin-engine bombers on the southern
perimeter of the airfield, which they identified
as Ju 88s or Ju 188s. W/Cdr Beamont led his
group in a descending turn so that they got
the thin fog breaking through the sun behind
them and attacked at low altitude and high
speed. Roland Beamont chose a single, darkly
camouflaged twin engined target, positioned
between blast shelter walls. The bomber was
almost head-on from the approaching Tempest,
and at 470 miles per hour, destruction was only
a matter of seconds. Beamont opened fire from
less than 2,500 feet: ‘„…a short ranging burst
and then hard down on the trigger, ruddering
correction as necessary, as the blast pen
erupted in strikes, with bursts all over the
bomber and a large piece of it flying in the air
as I snatched at the stick at the last moment to
avoid flying headlong into the target.’.
The five made only one pass over the strip. To
turn around would be to attract the attention of
defensive flak. Thanks to the tactical advantage
of smoke reducing visibility, launching the
attack from the sun, high speed and, above
all, the nerves of steel of W/Cdr Beamont
and his boys, they escaped unscathed. Add to
that the fact that they practically nailed their
Tempests almost into the ground. Inaccurate
light flak was only noted as the group crossed
the runway. The British airmen stuck to the
ground for another two or three miles beyond
the airfield before beginning to climb. Behind
them they saw two prominent columns
of smoke. Each of them came to their own.
W/Cdr Beamont was credited with one Ju 88
destroyed, the remaining three airmen shared
another Junkers destroyed and two damaged.
After another thirty-five minutes, the members
of this informal multinational squadron (three
British, one Australian and one Polish) landed
at their home field.
Because aircraft lost in ground attacks
usually did not make into Luftwaffe reports
accessible today, it is difficult to determine
the identity of the destroyed aircraft. There
was most likely a Ju 88 S, and possibly
a Ju 88 D from 6.(F)/123 (reconnaissance
unit Aufklärungsgruppe 123). A Ju 188 F from
13.(F)/122 cannot be ruled out either.
W/ Cdr. Roland Beamont scored six aerial
victories, and another shared, one probable
and two enemy aircraft damaged. In addition,
a number of targets were destroyed on
the ground and, above all, an incredible 32
destroyed V-1s. On October 12th, 1944, during
an attack on the Rheine airfield, he was shot
down himself and taken prisoner. After the war,
he worked, among other things, as Chief Test
Pilot for English Electric and in the position of
Director of Flying Operations at BAC.
(I would like to thank Jan Bobek, Matti Salonen
and Michal Krechowski for help with sources for this
story)
Illustration: Adam Tooby
Cormeilles-En-Vexin
Text: Jan Zdiarský
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