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Re: RAF Dakota loss Sept-Oct 1944
Laurent,
Correction of my last message....In a Sept 2005 post on Rafcommand fellow Belgian air history friend Luc Vervoort got advised by late Henk Welting that KG512 was shot down by Flak Unit 6./203. I gathered that this particular Marine Flak Abteilung was at Heist (Heyst), adjacent to Ramskapelle.
KG512 is said to have exploded over Ramskapelle, so the one near Knokke after all.
Laurent, thanks for questioning me, it made me dig deeper.
The Dakota must have flown over that one part of NW Belgium still in German hands, precisely the "Dunkirk" scenario Rolland brought forward.
I still wonder what "wrong" Diest the pilot had in mind. Ursel (B-67) between Brugge and Gent?
Regards,
Leendert
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