Dear all,
two Czech pilots (F/O S. Masek, Sgt. A. Elbogen) flying Spitfire Vīs on daylight Ranger to the Netherlands/Germany borders claimed destruction of one Do-217 close to Nijmegen on Aug 8, 1944. It was the last aircraft destroyed by 310 sqn in WWII. Their adversary was not identified to date in the available literature, although they witttnessed its complete destruction as described in their combat reports.
Recently even a very clear combat footage from this action became available on IWM website.
https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/25171
starting at 25:34 (combat film 8960 - S. Masek with 8961 of A. Elbogen following).
Does anybody have any information regarding identification of destroyed aircraft and fate of its crew? Could this be an aircraft from non-combat unit?
Kind regards.
David