A bad day for the JG 2

[Danelov]

Checking some informations in the data, the Aug 11, 1940 was a black day for the JG 2, things went very bad and the Jagdgeschwader loss eight Bf 109 in combat this day.
Losses of the day included the Staffelkäpitan from the 6./JG 2, Hptm Edgar Rempel and Oblt Adolf Steidl from the Stab III./JG 2.Both pilots were KIA.

Such number of losses were quite rare by the Bf 109s units and were more at the side of the Ju 87s, like the 12 Stukas losses by the I./StG 77 Aug 18, 1940(of 28 as complement)

The JG 26 also had his black day. Galland had nice photos with his cigar and the telescope at his Bf 109, but, the Aug 31, 1940 six of his Bf 109s were shot down, including four from the III./JG 26 and one from the Stab I./JG 26.

But the record losses in the Battle of Britain in the Bf 109s units was for the JG 53. The Sep 15, 1940 , the unit pay the costly price of 9 Messerschmitts destroyed(of the 26 Bf 109s losses this day). The I./JG 53 alone loss seven of this Messerschmitts. A difficult end day this one, for his CO Hptm Hans-Karl Mayer.