157th HAA Battery Diary Entry 12 May 1940

The diary entry for 12 May 1940 gives good news about the success of the fate of the attacking Dornier Do 17s the day before.

12/05/40

Considerable enemy air activity.  Pointer rounds fired.  Enemy engaged by fighters.  Two enemy planes seen to crash.

Report received from HQ 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 RA7 ground defences.  This Battery PIP II credited with minimum of two.  Considerable bombing in area.