Loss of Dornier at Falmouth 10 Oct 1940

[CornwallPhil]

Alex,
Thank you for sharing your research. Both interesting & useful.

Interesting notion re possibility of a own-goal, but I remain unconvinced.

I have found an entry in the War Diary of the 8th Btn Worcestershire Regiment who were tasked with defending Falmouth at this time which says:
"1630 Enemy plane chased by British fighters flew SW over area."

One would hope their plane recognition in daylight hours would be up to scratch by Oct 1940 (as the Btn had fought in France, been evacuated via Dunkirk before building the landward defences for Falmouth). Secondly, would the Wellington or Blenheim you suggest be flying SW over Falmouth?

My reading of the last line of the newspaper report suggests that the 'probable' was given to the AA defences rather than the RAF. I perhaps need to get hold of their War Diary to get more on that.

However, I maintain an open mind until the evidence allows me to narrow my thinking.