Re: Need someone who knows the appearance of Amiens & St Omer France in 1940, especially the cathedrals in these two towns
 

Hi Laurent,

your observation is correct. I have account of this crew and they belly-landed just S of the city.

Regards

Robert

Re: Need someone who knows the appearance of Amiens & St Omer France in 1940, especially the cathedrals in these two towns
 

Hello,

Robert is correct. This is the incident on May 24, 1940, which we've now updated in our loss list to reflect what is now known from the photographs and the crew account, which Robert has translated for use in the EOE Project. It has now all come together. Thanks for the help. The handwritten caption of "bei Amiens" on the back of one of our photos was a red herring. It happens.

Regards,

Larry

Re: Need someone who knows the appearance of Amiens & St Omer France in 1940, especially the cathedrals in these two towns
 

Hello:
As the resolution to this, here is our Revised EOE Luft Loss DB record of this incident, which is a considerable update from Peter's previous info in TBoFr T&N:

"May 24, 1940: 2.(F)/123 Dornier Do17P-1. Crash-landed just south of St Omer, France, badly damaged by AA fire and Spitfires of No.74 Squadron during reconnaissance of shipping between Boulogne and Calais. Pursued inland under attack by F/L A.G. Malan, F/L W.P.F. Treacy, F/O H.M. Stephen, P/O P.J. Cobden, P/O The Hon D.H.T. Dowding, P/O B.V. Draper, P/O W.E.G. Measures, P/O Stevenson, and Sgt Mould at 10.25 a.m. FF Oberfw Otto Karg suffered splinter wounds in face, BF Fw Hans Behrens slightly wounded in foot – admitted to hospital in Mönchengladbach, observer unhurt. Aircraft 4U+CK 100% write-off. (Photos)

Thanks to the four members of the EOE Working Group (WG) who provided photos of this incident, plus those members of this board that have helped put this one to final rest. This is one of a great many updates, additions and revisions that have been made over Peter's previous publication on this subject.

Regards,