Do 215 sold to Russia

[Pawel Burchard]

Can anyone provide some details on Do 215B a/c sold to Russia?

Regards,
Pawel

[Lennart Andersson]

Yes, they were sent on 25 and 26 april 1940 and arrived on 28 april. No identities known. They are sometimes referred to as Do 215B-3s, but I have also seen Do 215A in original documents (have not investigated the correct version).

Lennart Andersson

[Pawel Burchard]

Originally Posted by Lennart Andersson

They are sometimes referred to as Do 215B-3s, but I have also seen Do 215A in original documents (have not investigated the correct version).

Thank you for this. There is real mess concerning Do 215 designations all around. The only sure things (judging from Handbuch and KBA) are configurations for Do 215B-1 and B-4; also I remember seeing at least one entry for Do 215B-2 in loss listings.

Regards,
Pawel

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello Pawel,

Some years ago I assembled all Do215's I could find to put these into a database: I have 2 Do215's that were sold to the USSR, unfortunately the Werkenummer are unknown to me.

IF we could lay a hand on the Namentliche Verlustmeldungen from the Aufkl.Gr. ObdL and IF these do contain the Werkenummer from the early losses of this unit, we could fill in many gaps in our knowledge about the Do215. Only then, we can estimate which Werkenummer the Do215's had that went to the USSR. So far, I do not know whether someone is researching the history of this unit, do you?

All the best, Marcel Hogenhuis - Study Group Venlo Airfield in WW-2

[Charles Bavarois]

Hello Marcel,

this is all information on Do-215 you can obtain from WASt-reports from (F) ObdL:

07.03.1941 1. Staffel 0068 T5+BC
11.08.1941 1. Staffel 0075 T5+LC
11.07.1942 2. Staffel 0004 T5+NM
11.05.1940 2. Staffel ? VB+KC
10.07.1940 2. Staffel 0031 VB+KM
31.07.1940 2. Staffel 0034 VB+KN
21.09.1940 2. Staffel 0023 VB+KK
16.07.1941 3. Staffel 0062 L2+CS
23.07.1941 3. Staffel 11 L2+AS
05.08.1941 3. Staffel 0024 L2+ES
28.09.1941 3. Staffel 0045 T5+EL
18.10.1941 3. Staffel 0063 T5+LL
19.11.1941 3. Staffel 0079 T5+BL
05.06.1940 4. Staffel 022 G2+HH
18.09.1940 4. Staffel 0038 G2+KH

HTH

Carl

[Pawel Burchard]

Originally Posted by Marcel Hogenhuis

Some years ago I assembled all Do215's I could find to put these into a database: I have 2 Do215's that were sold to the USSR, unfortunately the Werkenummer are unknown to me.

Helo Marcel, with kind additions from Carl and assuming around 100 Do 215 were built (or converted) - last W.Nr. known is 0102 - I still have around 40% of W.Nr. missing Would you share your database for comparison?

Kind regards,
Pawel

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello Pawel,

Of course I do! It's now 01.30 so if you don't mind I will get asleep in a few minutes and trying to send that MS Excel file tomorrow.

All the best, Marcel

[Pawel Burchard]

Originally Posted by Charles Bavarois

this is all information on Do-215 you can obtain from WASt-reports from (F) ObdL

Carl, so the exact subtype designation is missing in those files?

Kind regards,
Pawel

[Charles Bavarois]

Pawel, you're right:

Only a single report gives the subtype as "B-4", all others are only a plain "215".

Carl

[Pawel Burchard]

Originally Posted by Charles Bavarois

Only a single report gives the subtype as "B-4"[
Carl

Carl, could you please tell which one was a B-4?

Kind regards,
Pawel