[Peter Cornwell]

8./KG77 Dornier Do17Z. Reported shot down by AA fire near Lijssenthoek, 4km south of Poperinge, during photo-reconnaissance to Lille but possibly that attacked by S/L Cooke of No. 65 Squadron 10.00 a.m. FF Hptmn Helmut Dennewitz (Staffelkapitän) and BF Oberfw Albert Meinhardt both killed, BO Lt Josef Binder and BM Oberfw Hermann Kittner baled out and both captured unhurt. Aircraft 3Z+CS 100% write-off.

The captured airmen were taken to England where, highly security-conscious, they gave fictitious names for the rest of the crew to prevent RAF Intelligence discovering the loss of their Staffelkapitän