luftwaffe a/c loss 27 & 30 mar 44 south of plymouth

[mjbollinger]

For some additional info on the Plymouth raid, the two aircraft lost were

Do 217 K-2 6N+AD (wk.nr. 4701)
Do 217 K-3 6N+IT (wk. nr. 4716)

This last aircraft, the one shot down outside Blackawton, was a significant intelligence find for the British. First, it was a relatively new K-3 variant of the Do 217, the first that fell into British hands. More important, a FuG 203 Kehl transmitter unit was recovered and, with some replacement vacuum tubes, restored to working condition. This unkt provided valuable intelligence for the scientists developing countermeasures, allowing them to test and refine jammers using actual German hardware "in the loop." I have a photo of the recovered transmitter and it looks to nearly intact.

Marty