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Re: Fw Karl Ranft 6/KG53 15.8.40
Steve,
According to the revised EoE Luft Loss DB: "August 18, 1940: 7./KG53 Heinkel He111H-2. Attacked by fighters during sortie to bomb North Weald airfield and severely damaged, ditched in sea off Ramsgate following further attack by F/L H.R. Hamilton of No.85 Squadron 5.50 p.m. BO Oberlt Friedrich Zipse, FF Uffz Wilhelm Grasser, BS Gefr Werner Reinhardt, BF Gefr Gerhard Worch, and HS Gefr Heinz Mailänder took to dinghy and all captured unhurt. Aircraft A1+FR 100% write-off.
This crew reached the wreckage of the steamer SS Harcalo that had struck a mine and sunk in the Gull Channel on June 6. They were picked up from there by a naval vessel 26 hours later."
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