Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum  

Go Back   Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum > Discussion > Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces

Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the German Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of its Allies.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 1st August 2018, 17:43
Nibele's Avatar
Nibele Nibele is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 39
Nibele is on a distinguished road
Do 217 crash site found.

Good evening.
Does anybody has info about this Dornier 217 E5 6N+FP Wnr 5509 ( Lt Koch HW, Ogfr Wagner, Ogfr Riedl, Fw Heyne). It was lost in the Trasimeno lake ( between tuscany and Umbria, Italy) and I guess it is the plane I found near Castiglion Fiorentino ( Arezzo, Italy).
Thank you in advance
Andrea
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 2nd August 2018, 16:20
Adriano Baumgartner Adriano Baumgartner is offline
Alter Hase
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,875
Adriano Baumgartner is on a distinguished road
Re: Do 217 crash site found.

Andrea, good morning.

The book about "L'Escadre au drakkar - KG 100" de Roba quote on pgs. 176-177 that this machine was part of 7 (or 8...memory do fails me now) machines that took off at 15:00hs (briefing at 14:00hs) from Toulouse to strike the shipping on the Nettuno Beach-head. It seems that some of those were attacked by what was identified as Spitfires (British) but the author do says they were from the 2nd FG (USAAF). No one knows for sure which machines were indeed claimed by the fighters and which were by the Flak over the beach-head...The other interesting information is that THIS particular machine with another one, had technical problems and did take-off later than the others, perhaps joining "en route", perhaps going alone by themselves (= without other cover fire)...so "easy meat" for both Fighters and Flak (Allied).

I do not know their orders or initial Flight Plan (were they supposed to refuel somewhere else before striking? Were they supposed to go inland then come from the NNE of Italy and then leaving via Anzio directly to France?). What seems weird is that they are indeed very very far away from Anzio/Nettuno Beach-Head, from the crash site you do mention....

Adriano Baumgartner
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Found a BF109 crash site, all infos welcome! Fabrizio Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces 19 27th March 2015 13:57
[Study] November 23, 1939 : Luftwaffe losses / crash sites over France (I need your help !) DIscotraxxx Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces 18 21st October 2013 23:49
Incomplete loss information Jim P. Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces 11 7th November 2011 01:33
A/C Crash Site in Spain (Sierra Nevada, possibly post WW2) FrankieS Allied and Soviet Air Forces 21 6th January 2011 23:28
2059th AEAFFP 2059th Allied and Soviet Air Forces 7 14th November 2010 01:51


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 06:39.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004 - 2018, 12oclockhigh.net