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Old 26th February 2006, 22:21
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Re: rotterdam records

All,
Jaap is correct in that there are no records of (F)/10 activities or flights over Holland in May 1940.
However, maybe the following can bring some more clarity into this matter:
Most (all?) Do-17 or Do-215 long distance reccon planes shot down over Holland in these days belonged to either the Auflklaerungs-Staffel Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (or I.(F)/A.St.O.d.L, code T5) or the Aufklaerungs-Staffel of Flieger Division 7. (A.St. Fl.Div.7, code 4Q). However, one of the Do-17Z or Do-215 planes of the latter unit that was shot down close to Dordrecht (some 20 km south of Rotterdam) clearly had the Tannenberg emblem on the nose, which has always wondered me. But the code of 4Q+KH clearly linked it to A.St.Fl.Div.7.
It now seems plausible that at least a number of planes of (F)/10 had been detached to this unit, which had been formed specially to cover all transport units and the 22.Luftlande Division that were taking part in the airborne operations at The Hague and Rotterdam.

From the description it seems that the flight you refer to took place later on the day, after some of the earlier flights were shot down at Dordrecht and Woerden. However, I have no indication of its crash site.

Pieter
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