Gen.Mjr.Wolf Von Stutterheim KG77

[Greg S.]

There are two Polish sources of this combat wrote in England in 1940. Muemler wrote he destroyed Do 17 with Nowakiewicz and damaged another one alone while Nowakiewicz wrote he destroyed Do 17 alone.

I think nobody knows who really shot down Do 17 from KG 77. All pilots from GC II/7 who made the combat with group of Do 17s in this sortie should - in my opinion - have credit of destroyeing this aircraft. Overclaiming is normal during air combat. It's rather impossible to say who really shot down this aircraft today. All fireing but who hit?

The fact is the only one two-engine aircraft was shot down in this area at those time - it was von Stutterheim's Dornier. I'm sure this one was attacked by Nowakiewicz - he wrote in his raport he killed airman under parachute (he must be Fw. H. Herrig) and another one on the ground with collaboration of French pillots (he was probably von Stutterheim).

I think pilots of GC II/7 could shot up a Do 17 from KG 3 which bally landed at Trier-Euren too. But it really hard to say is it true.