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Re: Luftwaffe loss over the North Sea, 24th June 1941
Did the crew indicate that the dingy originated from a Luftwaffe aircraft or could it be from an Allied plane?
The dingy could have carried the crew of an aircraft shot down several days before. In fact some crews spent a week at sea before being found and others were never found at all.
According to Bomber Command Losses 1941 by Bill Chorley two Wellingtons of 218 sqn were lost on an operation to Kiel on 20th/21st June 1941 - R 1339 (HA-J) and R1713 (HA-V) and might fit in with the sighting. R1339 was last plotted as 60 miles off the enemy coast.
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Larry Hayward
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