Dornier Loss 12/11/41 - ID Please?
Hi chaps, I don't suppose anyone can give me a possible identity for a Dornier 17 or 217 lost off the coast of Northeast Norfolk (reported sunk 3 miles northeast of Mundesley, the wreck lies about a mile and a half off Happisburgh) on 12th November 1941 could they please? It was attacking a couple of shipping targets (Auxiliary Patrol HM Trawlers Francolin skippered by Lieutenant JL Dinwoodie, RNR, and Commander Holbrook, skippered by Chief ASV Jones, RNR) and hit the top mast of the 322 tonne HM Trawler Francolin, crashing into the sea. The Francolin, foundered with the loss of one crewmember, 23 year old Telegraphist C/JX 182393 Charles Leonard Draper.
Press report:
DORNIER SHOT DOWN BY TWO BRITISH TRAWLERS
LONDON, November 14. The combined fire of the British trawlers Commander Holbrook and Francolin shot down an attacking Dornier 17 into the sea on Wednesday. A bomb hit and sank the Francolin, and one man was killed. There were no survivors from the Dornier's crew.
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