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Re: 4(F)14 loss 19 May 1940
Source: "Les victoires de l'Aviation de chasse française, vol 2", by Arnaud Gillet
A Do 17 of 4.(F)/14 took off at 17.02 to try to locate the Allied armored forces that may oppose the advancing Panzer south of Valenciennes. The mission was successful and as the crew reported the position of the sighting they were attacked by French fighters (9 Morane 406 of GC III/3 patrolling the Cambrai-Le Quesnoy-Le Cateau area).
The Dornier was attacked by all fighters in a row and tried to escape in clouds before flying on the deck while the rear gunner fired as much as he could. Caporal-chef Josef Stehlik, a Czech pilot flying with the Armée de l'Air, finally shot down it and it crashed near Locquignol, in the Mormal Forest, at 18h31 local hour (19h31 German time).
The three crew (Lt Georg Losse (pilot), Lt Franz-Josef Menge (observer), Fw Heinrich Ambrosch (radio)) were killed. Two were found dead in the wreckage, the third was reported to have been killed by a French soldier retreating among the refugees.
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