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Re: Recon. Losses July 1940
10 July 1940: 2./Aufkl.Gr.Ob.d.L Dornier Do215B-4(0031). Crash-landed and burned out near Le Havre, cause not stated. BO Lt Helmut Blindow killed, BF Uffz Friedrich Klostermann, and BS Sonderfuhrer Magnus Stift (of Lw.Kr.Ber.Komp.4) both seriously wounded - later died, FF Lt Georg Rack badly wounded. AircraftVB+KM100% write-off.
20 July 1940: 1.(F)/120 Dornier Do17P-1. Shot down by Blue Section of No.603 Squadron (F/L W. Cunningham, F/O R.McG. Waterston, P/O B.G. Stapleton) during reconnaissance sortie and crashed in the sea 30 miles east of Aberdeen 12.05 p.m. FF Lt Hubert Heuer BO Fw Walter Hinz, and BF Uffz Gerhard Bergmann all missing. Aircraft A6+HH 100% write-off.
23 July 1940: 1./KüFlGr. 606 Dornier Do17Z-3 (3487). Shot down by Blue Section of No.603 Squadron (F/L F.W. Rushmer, P/O R. Berry, and P/O N.J.V. Benson) 75 miles east of Aberdeen during reconnaissance sortie 3.15 p.m. FF Uffz Helmut German, BO Lt zur See Otto Hermann-Geschke, BF Oberfw Friedrich Trampler, and BM Uffz Werner Olson all missing. Aircraft 7T+BH 100% write-off.
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