Dornier 17-Z, Goodwin Sands, 26 August 1940

[Phil Lloyd]

Hello all, I have just joined 12 O'Clock High and would like to dive straight in with a bit of Dornier 17 info...

There is a Do17 lying submerged offshore at Pegwell Bay, just South of Ramsgate, Kent. It made an emergency landing at low tide on the beach after attacking Manston in late August 1940 (The Battle of Britain - Then and Now has a photo)

The crew were captured, with the a/c carried seaward over the years by the action of the waves. I used to work with a chap who holidayed at the Sandwich campsite and remembers standing on the wing at low tide and how the bent propellor blades used to be visible. Whether it is still there who knows but I'm sure there must be many Dorniers which were making for France but had to ditch in the Channel.