Date:	Tuesday 1 February 1944
Time:	15:42
Type:	Dornier Do 24T-3
Owner/operator:	6. Seenotstaffel Luftwaffe
Registration:	3231
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	off La Spezia, Provincia della Spezia, Liguria -   Italy
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 1 February 1944 the Do 24 T-3 WNr 3231 of 6 Seenotstaffel was shot down at 15:42 hrs during an ASR sortie off La Spezia by two Spitfires. The loss location was reported as Pl.Qu 04 Ost/9589. Four crew were killed and two wounded.

Crew:
Uffz. Heinrich Ellenberg (pilot) KIA
Uffz. Erich Schröder (observer) KIA
Uffz. Werner Putlitz (radio) KIA
Uffz. Erich Fuchs (flying engineer) KIA
Uffz.Heinz Kühndal (flying engineer) WIA
San.-Fw. Hermann Masch (air gunner) WIA

It was shot down by the 1st Lt William J Roberts of 5th FS, 52nd FG, who claimed a Do 24 shot down at the mouth of the Gulf of Spezia at the first of his two victories.

https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/luftwaffenfahrzeuge/luftwaffen_fahrzeuge_seeflugzeuge/ausgabe.php?flugtyp=Dornier&where_value=767
http://www.dornier24.com/pages/production/3231.html
"Spitfires and yellow tail Mustangs. The 52nd Fighter Group in World War Two", by Tom Ivie and Paul Ludwig. ISBN 1-902109-43-0
"Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 80: American Spitfire Aces of World War 2", by Andrew Thomas. ISBN 1-84603-202-8
https://www.mapquest.com/latlng/44.041668,9.916667?centerOnResults=1
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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Feb-2017 16:24	Laurent Rizzotti	Added
19-Feb-2019 09:52	TigerTimon	Updated [Location, Source]
18-Feb-2020 16:05	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
01-Mar-2021 10:58	TigerTimon	Updated [Operator]