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Re: 1.(F)/120 loss on 29 August 1941
This case has advanced a bit lately.
According to a poster on the warsailors forum, "It's look like crew was saved by one Do.18 at 31.8 (Pl.Qu. 1330/27) but seaplane was damaged too. Then Vorpostenboot NORDWIND arrived for help, saved both crew and try to tug seaplane which overturned and sunk. 19.25 ship arrived in Tromso. There is data about He.59 lost that day and no Do.18 but all fleet KTB say about Do.18."
Pl.Qu. 1330/27 is setting the loss in Barents Sea.
I have not found a He 59 or a Do 18 lost in the area on 31 August 1941, but the day after (1st September), the Do 18 G WNr 804 of 3./ Kü.Fl.Gr.906 was lost in "nördl. Eismeer", ie Barents Sea, due to engine trouble. It is possible that it was the plane involved in the rescue attempt. And that the tug attempt and subsequent plane loss was on the 1st rather than the 31st.
Can someone confirm the circunstances of loss of the Do 18 G WNr 804 ?
Thanks in advance
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