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Originally Posted by niallc
Donaldson had very little operational experience and aircraft recognition, particularly of rarely-encountered types, was not a strong point of RAF fighter pilots. Dorniers were frequently misidentifed as Ju88s and even Bf 110s (also twin-finned) and vice versa. So it could have been almost anything, but I'd love to see this mystery solved: it's been bugging me for years.
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Hi
This too has bugged me for many years,and I have thought many things.
On that evening, 2 HE-III's and a FW-200 were attacked off St Eval by 247Sq, so it appears anti -shipping and recce units, were taking a short cut across cornwall to the irish sea, etc,
My personal 'theory' is as there seems to be no claim and if the 'dornier' was a mis identification, one possibility is, it might be that the lufwaffe aircraft that crashed later into Lundy cliffs, HE-III, III/KG27, 1G+FL, Wn3837, hence the lack of a combat report or claim as the luftwaffe a/c never returned, and I think all the crew might have been killed in the crash.
on the other hand.....
any hampdens around at that time ....
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cheers
jerry