The Orwell Dornier 217E-4

[Julian]

Hi Ed after 30 years you can be sure I tried every avenue. Unfortunately Cambs newspapers published pics of the crashes of most Luftwaffe planes in the county...all apart from the Orwell Dornier although they carried a small write up about it. Now I know that photos would have been taken but if they still exist they are probably deeply buried and "unidentifiable" perhaps in personal photographic albums of RAF aircrew involved.....and this line of research has proved non-existent. The photograph in question was taken by a local man with a Box Brownie...he only took one photo probably after a week or so and he took that clandestinely...he passed away in last year and sifting through hundreds of local photos he took thankfully it was identified for what it was...The crew were killed and now rest as many do in Cannock Chase. As for crash reports I have the "G" and "K" reports concerning the incident kindly passed onto me by another researcher. I must admit I have not pursued local burial reports, as these often bear little details apart from curious costs of coffins and inhumation, but of course would not yield the photographs of the crew I wanted. So far all lines of research into Germany have failed to produce a next of kin....but I will keep trying as there must be some out there or somewhere. Thanks for replying....Jules