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Re: Ofw W. Kleine, September 9, 1940
Nothing on the 9 but according to Mason's "Battle over Britain" in the evening of the 7 the Do 17 Z-3 WNr 2619 5K+DA of Stab KG 3 was reported to have been shot down by Flak in London area. Hptm Ötting (Staka) and Ofw Kleine killed, Uffz Völkert and Fw Hubert missing.
This aircraft is not listed in "The Blitz then and now", so in fact crashed into the sea. Hptm Friedrich Ötting and Ofw Walter Rheine are both buried in Ysselsteyn, Netherlands, and their death date is given as the 7th of September.
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