In confusing circumstances, the coastguard report two aircraft crashed into the sea three miles offshore. One Whirlwind (Graham) from 263 Sqn and one Ar 196A-4 (Hptm Adolf Berger - Staffelkapitän, Lt.z.S Hans-Erich Hurts) from 5/BFGr. 196 are recorded as missing.
Tag: BFGr 196
Bordfliegergruppe 196 (Embarked Air Group), was a unit of the German Air Force founded in 1937 and disbanded in 1945. It provided aircraft for service aboard the German Navy's surface combatants.