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Old 21st March 2018, 10:50
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Re: LAST DO 17 TO BE SHOT DOWN

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Thanks Nick. By whom is now the question
Funny you should ask that, turns out I've got something on it — see paras. 4, 5, 6 & 9 of the attached extract from MATAF Int/Opsum No. 400 (for 1900 hrs 14th–1900 hrs 15th May 1944) which narrows it down a bit.

Source: TNA AIR 23/6510.
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Nick - awesome to see some archival research.

John Weal and Google Brigade, please take note....
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Old 21st March 2018, 20:16
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Re: LAST DO 17 TO BE SHOT DOWN

Stig, 3001-3131 is said to have been E versions built on license by Henschel Berlin Schönefeld
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Thanks Mikael

Much appreciated.

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Re: LAST DO 17 TO BE SHOT DOWN

Hi all

The 15th May claim was made by 3 pilots of 237 Sqn and 1 pilot of 238, who together formed Red Section. a practice made necessary by the bomb damage from a few nights earlier. The location is where the chase started, not where it finished.

237 Sqn Flt Lt I. Ipson Spitfire IX MJ186 }
237 Sqn Flg Off A. Burne Spitfire IX MH956 }D 217 3m N Genoa 1535
237 Sqn Flt Lt B.Wilson Spitfire IX MH75 }
238 Sqn Plt Off Forrest Spitfire IX

Ipson, who made the last attack noted one person baled out at 100 ft.

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The location is where the chase started, not where it finished.
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The location given in the original German source is "bei Ovada", so N Genoa still fits more or less — about 35 km NW in fact.
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John Weal and Google Brigade, please take note....
Don't tell me you aren't eagerly awaiting Osprey's "Allied Do 17 Killers of World War II"!
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As long as it's not written by Weal or Mellinger, it might be halfway fit for human consumption....
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Thanks all & this is why I am asking the questions so it will be included in my Osprey book & then the Crecy book. Not much of any note on Wikipedia on the Do 17!
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