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Old 4th April 2012, 13:56
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Re: Help solve a mystery involving a 6./StG77 Ju87B force landed near Dunkirk

Another possibility is that this crew force-landed after the surrender of the pocket.

It is fairly intact, so I doubt it was brought by enemy fire. And if it had landed near Loon-Plage area, that was then packed with Allied troops, it would have been either destroyed by order, or at least reduced to a wreck by souvenir collectors.

Given his state on 16 June, my own guess will be a forced-landing due to technical problem after the surrender: it could be an official flight, or just a crew wanting to have a see from the sky on the devastation they did the days before. Knowing airmen, it is also possible that the Ju 87 was landed there to go to the beach and pick up some souvenirs of the remains of the Allied armies scattered in the area... and then could not take off again.
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