The Orwell Dornier 217E-4

[Julian]

A much mentioned and investigated Cambridgeshire incident.....I know!!! For some reason this crash site and incident has become one of my most time-spent researches. I found the crash site in the early 1980`s, attended Peter Stanleys excavation of it in 1991 where we unearthed a reduction gear and BMW badges. Over the years I have managed to trace lots of new details....last year I traced the last surviving Home Guard member who attended the crash, and this year from a local private collection the only known photo of the wreckage was discovered. Sadly despite over 30 years of research Ive never come across an identifiable photo of the crew involved. The ROC station at Croydon in Cambs was identified and luckily I was given permission to photograph it....then I was contacted by the relative of one of the ROC crew who had spotted the Dornier 217 and even better they had a wartime photograph of him at the station. Well I dont think I can do much more on this (heck what am I gonna do now?) so I have included this research into an article for Britain at War magazine and Ive just seen the PDF file on its layout....wow!! Anyway apologies to all I admit this has been an obsession of mine, so cheers for being tolerant.....the article features in the next issue on sale a week from this Friday. As always any feedback is welcome and as always if anyone thinks I could help with research just ask. My Email address is easy to locate on Internet.
Cheers all Jules