Thread: Seeking info on He 177 or Ju 188 shot down off Flamborough Head 13/14 June 1943
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Old 26th November 2017, 09:49
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Re: Seeking info on He 177 or Ju 188 shot down off Flamborough Head 13/14 June 1943
According to Volume 10 of the Luftwaffe Crash Archive that was a Do217E-4 of 5./KG-2 so neither of the stated aircraft.

Werk Nr - 4376
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Crew (all lost without trace):
FF Feldwebel Friedrich Sünnemann
BO Unteroffizier Heinz Orschel
BF Feldwebel Gerhard Düre
BS Unteroffizier Heinz Österle

Took off from Soesterberg in The Netherlands for operations against Grimsby. Failed to return and believed to have been shot down by a 68 Squadron Beaufighter off Flamborough Head at 0150.
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