Edited sentence: /JG 26 was shot down and drowned./JG 77 and ZG 76 also took part.At 14:40 a rotte of Bf 110s from ZG 26 led by Hauptmann Wolfgang Falck claimed four Wellingtons.At the same time JGr 101 claimed two more Wellingtons.Bf 110s from ZG 76 assaulted the formation claiming five more Wellingtons.By 15:05 the other formation was beyond interception range and the German fighters returned to base.Elements II.Falck himself was shot down by return fire.JG 26 and escorted by a Rotte from JG 77 attacked one group after the barrage.Oberleutnant Johannes Steinhoff flying with 10.Steinhoff claimed two.The Bf 109s claimed seven Wellingtons.The formation did sustain severe losses, but Oberleutnant Johann Fuhrmann of 10(Nacht).While the first formation was assaulted, the second came under attack from JG 1 and Oberstlt Schumacher