Do 24 near Crete
 

Hello all,

is there anything known about an crash of an Do 24 in the south of Crete on 24 May 1943? Unit, call sign, crew, reason of crash or ...?

Many thanks in advance
Rasmussen

Re: Do 24 near Crete
 

Your aircraft was Do24T-3 W.Nr. 0058 CM+IX of 7. Seenotstaffel. This aircraft arived in Greece from Venice on 18.07.42. 100% on 24.05.43 due to fire in the electrical system while on an ASR-mission some 13 km west of the island of Antikythers. The plane burned up during a forced landing.
Crew information:

Uffz. Fritz Triebe (B) dead
Uffz. Karl Hofmann (Bf) dead
Obgfr. Heinz Buck (Bm) dead
Uffz. Wilhelm Schmidt (Bm) dead
Ofw. Willi Gebhardt (F) rescued wounded
4 rescued including Uffz. Wilhelm Schmidt who was severly wounded and later died.

Re: Do 24 near Crete
 

Many thanks again.

Best wishes
Rasmussen

Re: Do 24 near Crete
 

Hi seaplanes

The site http://www.dornier24.com/ give it as a T-2 version

Best Regards

Peter van Gogh

Re: Do 24 near Crete
 

Dear Peter,

Of course it was a T-2 aircraft. Sorry about this.

Re: Do 24 near Crete
 

Hi Seaplanes,

A correction, the island is called Antikythera

best regards from the Aegean

Byron