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Old 24th July 2005, 17:35
alex crawford alex crawford is offline
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Fw200 loss

Hi,

I have just been reading 'Hurricats' by Ralph Barker. One of the chapters deals with the Fw200 from KG40. In it he mentions that during the Battle of Britain a number of Fw200s were used for minelaying and bombing missions. On the 19-20 July 1940 two Fw's were lost during minelaying missions on the East coast of England.

By doing a search on the 'net I have found the following info.

A Fw200C from I/KG40 (F8+EH) was shot down by AA and crashed into the North Sea between Hartlepool and Sunderland. The crew consisted of:

Hptm R Stesszyn missing
Fw W Meyer missing
Fw H Kulken POW
Fw K Nicolai POW
Gefr S Zaunig missing
Gefr J Perl missing

Would anyone have details on the second Fw200 that was lost that night? Also anyone know the Werke number of the one mentioned above?

Alex

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