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Re: Fate of 6./KG2 on 19th August 1942
This from the book:
Do 217s did file claims for aircraft shot down off Dieppe and in each case they were Spitfires-known claims were two by II./KG 2 while five were recorded by 5./KG 40 at 1402, 1628, 1635, 1638 and 1943 hrs. By means of example as to two losses, Sqn Ldr Wilfred Duncan-Smith of 64 Sqn was shot down by return fire in the process of shooting down at Do 217 20 miles north-west of Dieppe at 1540 hrs, baling out to be rescued by the RN while Plt Off Wilf Smithyman flying a Typhoon of 266 Sqn was last seen chasing three Do 217s between 1400-1505 hrs; his body was later washed ashore in France
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