Plt. Off. Vlotman

[Flavio]

Originally Posted by Christiaan

... At the moment there are people working on his memoirs (hopefully it will be completed soon)...


Christiaan Degenkamp

Dear all,
have someone any informantion about Vlotman biography?
Thanks
Flavio

[Skyraider3D]

I just learnt of Mr Vlotman's exploits and found them highly interesting.

Sadly Mr Vlotman passed away on 29 september 2011 and was burried at Laren, The Netherlands, on 5 oktober 2011. He was 96.

Does anyone know if Mr J.L. Wood is still alive today?


I am trying to find out more about the first Ju 88 he shot down on the night of 21/22 March 1944. Apparently it was the leader of a 5-ship formation, heading for the Marconi factories. They never got there as a result of Vlotman's actions.

The navigator was the only survivor of this Ju 88 and he was found wounded by a police officer on the beach of Southminster.

Is the identity of this Ju 88 and its crew known?


Source: http://www.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl...conifabrieken/
(this also mentions the aircraft was a Mosquito XII, radartype AI VIIIA, serial HK365)

[Skyraider3D]

PS. Confusingly, this site lists HK365 as a Mk XIII again!

http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzmosquito.htm

[Skyraider3D]

I can confirm via the grandson of a 488th Sqn navigator Andrew John Broodbank that HK365 was indeed a Mark XIII. Broodbank has flown both in HK365 and with Vlotman. The fuselage code of HK365 is still not certain though...

Please have a look at his blog, following Broodbank's logbook, 70 years on:
http://broodyswar.wordpress.com/

[Skyraider3D]

Good news: Vlotman's Mosquito XIII HK365 has at last been positively identified as ME-T!

Photo comes from the collection of Reg Mitchell.

[Flavio]

Great finding Skyrider3D,

at this point Z°ME is definitely MM515.

Have you any informantion about Vlotman's biography?

Thanks
Flavio

[adafor]

Flavio - What are your sources for stating MM515 is ME-Z? it would be good to get full confirmation of this serial / code match up.

Thanks,

Adam

[Flavio]

Originally Posted by adafor

Flavio - What are your sources for stating MM515 is ME-Z? it would be good to get full confirmation of this serial / code match up.

Thanks,

Adam

Adam, I have not full confirmation as the serial of ME-Z is only partly visible on the two photos known of this plane.
For sure the last digit is "5", and this is clear visible on the photo published on the book "Those Other Eagles" by C.Shores. Some years ago, speaking about this very plane I had confirmation by a member of a modelling discussion board (unfortunately I don't remember where) that the first two letters were "MM" (as he was able to see the original photo showing the port fuselage side of "ME-Z"). However at that time the point was to confirm if the profile of Decal sheet "Dutch Decal"48016 was correct (they gave ME-Z the code HK365).
Flavio