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Originally Posted by Erkki
To the above... Apparently the few times the Bf 110s were not assigned to escorts, plus Erp.Gr.210, they were rather successfull both air to ground and air to air.
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Actually, "zerstorer" Bf110's dont needed escort.
"JaBo" was need escort always. In cases when they had no escort and had no air-to-air losses together with successfull mission - there were just no (or very little) RAF fighters precense.
Just remember 15.8.40 raid, when "Rubs" and all his Stab./Erpr.Gr210 were shot down (cowardly fighters of JG52 just left them treatly for death), or 27.9.40 event, when Bf110's of ZG26 were so much outnumbered that were no able to move inland and meet ErprGr210, when it came under attack of several RAF Sqdn's. Again, Gr.Kdr. and StaKa-2 were killed, together with other losses.
Bf110 JaBo were no need escort in 41-42 in Russia. But not in the Battle of Britain.