An optimistic report on the success of the battery and supporting small arms fire during the Luftwaffe attack on the previous day.

12/5/40
0800 - Considerable enemy air activity. Pointer rounds fired. Enemy engaged by fighters. Two enemy planes seen to crash.

Report received from H.Q. that eight of fifteen planes engaged in attack on VRAUX Aerodrome on 11/5/40 crashed in our territory on way home. Said to have been damaged by small arms ground defence fire. This could only have been inflicted by gun station and R.A.7 ground defences. The Battery PIP II credited with minimum of two. Considerable bombing in area.