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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.
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