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Re: Do 17 ??+UK crashed near Gedinne (B)
Not an easy puzzle.
I have no loss specifically at Gedinne until May 20.
However, there are quite a number of Luftwaffe losses "around Dinant".
Looking at the coding +UK I guess it is a bomber unit, since I haven't seen recon units with as high an individual letter as U.
(Others to comment when I'm wrong in this assumption).
Statistically the highest probability for a bomber loss around Dinant is KG76, because that was the unit operating in this area for almost a full week.
I have then two losses that might fit at first glance:
May 15 a Stab KG76 a/c
May 18 a 4./KG76 a/c
Normally neither of these fits to the 2. Staffel code +UK.
But then the individual letter U comes back: I still find that a strange one for a regular aircraft of a Staffel. So .... could this be some form of coding used by Stab KG76????
Pure speculation, and I'm not a specialist on KG76.
But if I had to put some (not much!) money on the bet, I'd go for the May 15 Stab a/c as the least unlikely fit.
Regards, Pieter
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