|
Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the German Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of its Allies. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Do18 2/406 shot down 16 July 1940
Hi guys
Seeking information re the loss of above, believed shot down by a Hudson of Coastal Command. Any info appreciated. Do18 crew? Hudson crew? Cheers Brian |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
Re: Do18 2/406 shot down 16 July 1940
Hudson R/224 Sqn & M/233 Sqn reported inconclusive meetings with Do 18s at 1932 & 1940 hrs
|
#3
|
||||
|
||||
Re: Do18 2/406 shot down 16 July 1940
2./KüFlGr.406 Dornier Do18G-1 (0859). Oil feed to rear engine damaged by return fire during engagement with No.233 Squadron Hudson and ditched 70 miles north-west of Kinnaird's Head 7.50 p.m. FF Uffz [ ] Steinbach, BO Fw Walter Staack, BF Uffz [ ] Harnisch, and BM Uffz [ ] Mallasch all unhurt. Aircraft K6+CK scuttled and sunk by gunfire 100% write-off.
This aircraft taxied eastwards and the crew was eventually rescued by Do18 K6+EK (Lt zur See Heintze) at dawn next day and returned to Stavanger. 2./KüFlGr.406 Dornier Do18G-1. Returned with elevators and starboard tail strut damaged by return fire following 50 minute running engagement with No.224 Squadron Hudson over the North Sea ending 100 miles south-west of Stavanger 8.30 p.m. Lt zur See Max Nouvel and rest of crew unhurt. Aircraft K6+AK damage state not recorded. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Do18 2/406 shot down 16 July 1940
Peter and Chris
Thanks a million for the information - excellent. I have posted two more Do18 combat enquiries on Allied message board. In hope! Cheers Brian |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
July 1940 - What really happened to II./KG 76 and I./StG 76 ? | Christian Schulz | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 15 | 3rd August 2023 17:49 |
Friendly fire WWII | Brian | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 803 | 8th July 2023 15:47 |
'He114' shot down 31 July 1940? | Brian | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 2 | 27th October 2010 15:55 |
Book on French AF 1939-40? | The_Catman | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 68 | 10th August 2008 15:58 |
Fighter pilots' guts | Hawk-Eye | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 44 | 8th April 2005 14:25 |