Date:	Tuesday 26 September 1939
Time:
Type:	Dornier Do 18D
Owner/operator:	2./Kü.Fl.Gr.506 Luftwaffe
Registration:	M7+YK
MSN:	Wk.Nr.0731
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North of the Great Fisher Bank, North Sea at 57.36N, 02.38E -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The first Luftwaffe aircraft shot down during operations against the United Kingdom was on 26 September 1939. A Dornier Do18D flying boat ('M7+YK', Werk Nr.0731) of 2/Küstenfliegergruppe 506 was shot down by a Blackburn Skua of No.803 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, operating from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, north of the Great Fisher Bank at approximate co ordinates 57.36N, 02.38E.

The Blackburn Skua was crewed by Lieutenant B. S. McEwen and his air gunner Acting Petty Officer B. M. Seymour. Lt. zur See Ernst Körner and the crew of the Dornier were rescued by the destroyer HMS Somali (taken as PoWs) and the aircraft, which was still afloat, is sunk by gunfire.

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2. Thetford, Owen. British Naval Aircraft since 1912. London:Putnam, Fourth edition, 1978. ISBN 0-370-30021-1.
3. http://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_01.html
4. https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/history-of-aviation-timeline/interactive-aviation-timeline/british-military-aviation/1939.aspx
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_18#Military_use
6. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=26+September+1939
7. https://juhansotahistoriasivut.weebly.com/the-first-aerial-victory-of-a-british-pilotair-gunner-during-the-ww-ii.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-May-2014 12:55	gerard57	Added
22-Apr-2018 17:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
22-Apr-2018 17:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
10-Dec-2019 21:10	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]