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Re: Dornier 217 at Orwell in Cambridgeshire 1942
Do 217 E-4, Wk Nr 5502, F8+AP of 6/KG 40 was on the strength of KG 40 2 Aug 42 as it was damaged in an attack on Cambridge with Ofw Wilhelm Schnitzer & Ofw Georg Kittelmann wounded. However, when it was shot down by McRitchie & James of 151 Sqn on 8 Sep 42, according to KG 2, it was being operated by that unit, not KG 40. II/KG 40 was based at Soesterburg, I/KG 2 at Gilze but both were part of IX Fliegerkorps-Stab & II/KG 2 was at Soesterburg so probably the aircraft was borrowed to help make up for the losses suffered by KG 2 19 Aug 42.
FW 200 over Cambridge? This aircraft was a maritime assset and not used on such missions-another case of misidentification
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