[JimCorbett1977]

Hi Rainer,

Do you have any official documents you can share confirming HMS Juno as the ship in question?

I have seen this ship mentioned in previous reports of this incident but the corresponding photos show Do18 M7-YK which I believe was lost on 26.09.1939.

Using all of the material provided here I have put together a timeline to try and make sense of it all, this is what we have:

11:30 hours - HMS Juno attacked shadowing aircraft SE of Farne Islands
12:40 hours - 607 Sqn ‘Blue’ section take off on patrol
13:30 hours - 607 Sqn ‘Blue’ section make contact with lone enemy seaplane 50 miles east of Blyth, later ID'd as Dornier Do18
13:30 hours - 607 Sqn ‘Green’ section take off to intercept enemy seaplanes
13:42 hours - 607 Sqn ‘Blue’ section break off attack on lone Do18
13:55 hours - 607 Sqn ‘Green’ section engage possible HE115’s 20 miles east of Blyth.
13:48 hours - Do18 forced landed on the sea
14:00 hours - Do18 ditched 35 miles east of Berwick
14:10 hours - 607 Sqn ‘Blue’ section land at Acklington
14:50 hours - 607 Sqn ‘Green’ section land at Acklington
15:07 hours - Destroyer containing rescued crew of '8L+DK' attacked by aircraft from 1./406

Prisoner of war report suggests that 8L+DK was brought down off the Isle of May. Thinking distances, from the initial attack on the Do18 50 miles east of Blyth to the Isle of May, we are looking at approximately 100 miles flown between 13:30 hours and the aircraft ditching between 14:00 hours around the Berwick area, maybe later if it ditched off the Isle of May. Also take into consideration that it is possible the Dornier Do18 had a fuel leak, caused by fire from the engagement with the Gladiators between 13:30 and 13:42 hours. I'm not expert on the Do18 and its max speeds etc so not sure how fast it could be travelling. The combat report estimates its speed as 150mph at the point 'Blue' section first made contact at 13:30 hours.