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Re: Missing I/KG 40 Fw 200 C-4 28.10.42
F8+KL / 0109 / Feldt / 3. Staffeln/KG 40 (Trondheim/Vaernes) and is missing still from "Mission to Iceland area"
Mission emphasis was on coasal areas in East- North- and West-of Iceland, particularily of Seyðisfjörður, area Reykjavik and Hvalfjörður.
No reports are of it beeing seen or heard over Iceland.
None known USAAF or RAF 330 (Norwegian) SQ involvement.
Two other Fw 200 flying to North of Iceland returned safe.
Several other Fw 200 searched for it next days but no trace.
This authors opinion is it never made it over here and possibly lost on outward flight.
Weather over east coast was fog/foggy. No W/T contact after takeoff (13:40 local)
but that was normal.
REF: F8+KL Mission Report, reports from RAF 330(N)SQ and AAF Iceland Base Command etc.
NOTE: This period of operations over Iceland is extensively researched by this author and far
more complete than found in published books (including Chris Goss Fw 200 work).
Eggert
Reykjavik -Iceland
Last edited by edNorth; 23rd September 2018 at 13:24.
Reason: Planned mission profile was incorrect
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