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Re: Trying to ID shot up Do17P that FL on Waalhaven AF, Netherlands, about May 10-12, 1940
Hello,
One of our EOE members has sent the info that the "Waalhaven Do 17 could be coded B4/P4+EA - Aufklst.zbV of Luftflotte 2."
I note in Merrick's latest "Luftwaffe Camouflage and Markings: 1933-1945" Vol II, that "B4" is listed as the code for the "Nachtjagdstaffel Finnland/Norwegen." "B4," on the other hand, is listed as the code for "Führungskette X Fliegerkorps and Transport Flieger Staffel Nord (Ost.)." Neither of these seems to be correct for this a/c. Does anyone else know of any examples of either B4 or P4 as the code on a Do17P during the spring of 1940? This listing for a unit known as "Aufklst.zbV of Luftflotte 2" could be right if this was a recon unit for the Ju52 transport units conducting the assault landings on Waalhaven Airfield, near Rotterdam, on and immediately after May 10, 1940. Does anyone have any record of a unit code for this "Aufklst.zbV of Luftflotte 2?" Can anyone help pin down a hard date when this a/c landed and was shot up there? Is there any narrative account anywhere of the capture of Waalhaven that describes activities by this unit or any Do17P units?
We're making progress.
Regards,
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