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Re: Do24 Losses
According to my notes from among other sources, the KTB of Gen.d.Lw.b.Ob.d.M./O.Qu for June 1942, the two aircraft lost on 15.06.42 were:
Do 24T-2 W.Ne. 0031 CH+EW. Allocated to 7. Seenotstaffel 24.11.41.
lost during an ASR mission 15.6.42 when the aircraft crashed during landing in open sea. The crew was rescued together with 3-4 crewmembers of a Ju 88 from L.G.1 by German submarine U-83.
Do 24T-2 W.Nr. 0049 CM+IO. Allocated to 7. Seenotstaffel 20.04.42 and delivered from Aviolanda 27.04.42. Crashed during take-off in open sea 15.6.42 after an ASR mission from Suda Bay rescuing Ltn. Heinrich Hesse of 7./J.G.53. No casualties. Also this crew was apparently rescued by U-83. The aircraft was sunk by gunfire from U-83.
In his booklet "Die 7. Seenotstaffel 1941-1944" Horst Thürling make reference to a Do 24 CM+IQ. This Stammkennzeichen was used for W.Nr. 0051 which was allocated to 8. Seenotstaffel on 25.04.42. It was ready for transfer from Aviolanda on 08.05.42 and arrived at the Black Sea ten days later. On 16.09.43, still with 8. Seenotstaffel, the plane was damaged in combat with four Soviet fighters off Noworossisk during an ASR mission. The plane managed to limp back to its base at Ortasli-See. It was finally lost on 17.10.44, the with 70. Seenotstaffel having been evacuated from the Black Sea to Athens earlier that autumn.
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