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Re: Me 110 lost on 11/05/1940 over Belgium
Hi Alain,
No almost certainly not in Belgium.
II./ZG1 was on May 10 and 11 active over western Holland.
The crash you refer to happened at Liedern near Bocholt, which is just across the dutch-german border east of Arnhem, which seems to confirm ths was on the return of a mission over Holland.
(The naming of the crash location as Leiden has often caused a lot of confusion, Leiden being of course in western Holland between The Hague and Schiphol.)
On the morning of May 11 II./ZG1 made a patrol towards the Rotterdam area, so this accident might have happened on that mission. But due to lack of more accurate timing I can't be more conclusive. Anyone with more data on the time?
The names of the crew are correct, both were slightly wounded and brought to the hospital.
Regards, Pieter
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