Wilhelm Mohr

Above is the ’individual combat report’ by Wilhelm Mohr on 19. August
1942 – referred to as ’Dieppe Day’. Since the text is a bit blurred, the
’general report’ is repeated below:
GENERAL REPORT (R) I flew as yellow 1. Short while after the Squadron
arrived at Dieppe, a dogfight took place. I went in to attack a F.W. 190
[Focke-Wulf Fw 190] on port quarter, the range about 200 yards. I withheld
the fire, closing to ca. 100 yds, and was just about to open fire on point
blank, the a/c taking no evasive action, so I was hit from behind, one bullet
going into my right leg. The a/c which had hit me fired from unexpected
long range. I had seen it coming but did not expect him to start firing that
early. I took a sharp left turn and got away. I continued in the area till the
Sqdr. went home, taking part in several dogfights. I claim nothing. 28
Figure 2: ’Individual Combat Report’ by Wilhelm Mohr – ’Dieppe Day’, 19.08.1942
28 Royal Air Force, Individual Combat Report, 19 August 1942, Major Wilhelm Mohr, 332
(N) Squadron, Operations Record Book, Appendices, Appendix 2, August 1942, p. 13. For the
record, it should be noted that Wilhelm Mohr insisted on removing one Combat Report
(when he was wounded on 31 July 1942) and was somewhat sceptical about including this
Combat Report (Dieppe Day) because the missions were – as he put it – `non-productive’
regarding the enemy. However, Mohr allowed this Combat Report (Dieppe Day) to be
presented in this book only because it `indicates the way of life at the squadrons at that
time’. Wilhelm Mohr, telephone conversation with the author, 20 May 2009.
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