Nigel Notting Pilot Officer, RAF 145 Sgn, 11 Group B Flight, 2 section Yellow 3 Westhampett, AF
Aug 29, 1940
3 Destroyed 3 damaged 1 probable
Our 5 a/c Sqn obited Esher ( South London ) at Angels 15. When Control vector us 20+ Bandits as Back up to another Sqn attacking. A/c were scattering in all directions. I spotted 5 Me 110's above us and one below us. Its was help yourself time. I dove on the 110 and started giving him long bursts at 300 yards and closed spotted hits all over then 2 chutes came out. Next, Dickie Bird was yelling Tally ho bombers below the cloud layer. Circling back , I saw Dickie get one . I closed on the other fireing 1 Four Second burst I got hits then nothing The ammo was gone. I did a wing-over as the e/a left a smoke trail towards France. Out of the cloud layer a diving Me 110 Bounced me then left. I landed very carefully at Gatwick with 21 MG hits in the fuselage + 9 MG hits in the port wing and maybe 2 20mm hits near the elevator.