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Re: Seeking info on Do17 crash during 1940 Western Campaign with codes ??_GK
Hello,
Thanx Robert. Here is our EOE Loss list for possible loss on May 10, 1940:
"May 10, 1940: Stab KG3 Dornier Do17Z. Shot down by F/Lt Walker, F/O Brown, F/O Kilmartin, F/O Richey, and Sgt Soper of No.1 Squadron during reconnaissance sortie over Etain-Rouvres and belly-landed at Mont-St-Martin, north of Longwy, 6.30 a.m. BM Uffz Rolf Wagner killed. FF Oberfw Hans Schachtebeck, BO Oberfw Karl Sommer, and BF Uffz Wilhelm Schmeis captured wounded – all later released. Aircraft 100% write-off."
If this is our May 10th loss, this will be in France just over the border from the SW tip of Luxembourg. All the rifle-caliber bullet holes would be consistent with an attack by British fighters, and a dead/wounded crew. With this info, someone may be able to determine if the houses and woods in the background match a location in that area. Who can help confirm this one?
I would have expected this a/c to have carried the Stab KG 3 shield on the nose, but other views of this crash, now linked to this code in our DB, do not show this.
Regards,
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