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Trying to ID shot up Do17P that FL on Waalhaven AF, Netherlands, about May 10-12, 1940
Hello,
For the EOE project, we're trying to ID a Do17P that made a forced landing on Waalhaven AF, Holland, sometime during the first couple of days of the Blitzkrieg. It does not carry a unit insignia and the a/c code may be 1Y+EA. The second letter is certainly a K, X or Y and the E is in white, with the last letter uncertain. One of our Working Group members suggests that this may be an aircraft of "Flugbereitschaft Luftflotte 4." I don't find the code 1Y in any of my references, or 1X for that matter. Does anyone know what the full code of this a/c was, and what unit this may represent? Any date and details for the FL? It has many bullet holes in it, but it could have made a FL early on May 10th, suffering a left main gear collapse, then been shot up on the ground during the fighting to seize Waalhaven. On further study, this aircraft was probably shot up by a Dutch? fighter in the air as the angle of the many MG bullet holes in the top of the wings and fuselage could not have been done by ground fire. Some Allied fighter must have forced this aircraft to make a crash-landing on Waalhaven Airfield.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
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