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Re: rotterdam records
To Jaap
Yes he was flying Do 17p ...I have seen his unit "tannenberg" as 3.(f)10 and been advised it could be 3.(h)10 what is the difference of (f) and (h) ?
The story he told was that their unit was assigned to take reccon pics of the AA around the bridges .. several planes had flown off before but never returned so he was called up to do a mission .. over the area the main camera malfunctioned so they had to come in low with a crewman taking photos out of the cockpit .. they took massive damage ( engine fire , crewman dead ) and described the plane looking like a sieve .. they managed to get clear and bail out and eventually return to their unit with the photos only to be told that after they didn't return another plane took off and got really good photos.
So going by his oral memory of the action , there must be several "lost" Do 17 around that time/area
I also found out that our family name has several versions !? .. so he could be Kurt Gustav Kwidor/jeidu/jedow?
hope this helps.
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