Accident Dornier Do 18D-3 K6+DL,
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Date:Friday 10 November 1939
Time:
Type:Dornier Do 18D-3
Owner/operator:3./Kü.Fl.Gr.406 Luftwaffe
Registration: K6+DL
MSN: V-804
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Seefliegerhorst (seaplane station) List, Germany
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Operation - recce flight.
Off the North Yorkshire coast, the aircraft was forced to ditch after being attacked by Lockheed Hudsons of 220 Squadron RAF. The Beobachter (observer), Oberleutnant zur See Wilhelm Lütjens, was washed overboard and is missing in action.

The three other crew members were rescued by SS Jeannette. The next day, the freighter went aground just outside Posthuys on Vlieland island (the Netherlands), where the three were taken prisoner of war by the Dutch military.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0006A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=33148&highlight=0804
http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seeluft/Verlustlisten/Jahr1939.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Oct-2019 18:38 TigerTimon Added
10-Dec-2019 21:14 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
10-Nov-2022 12:16 Valmy Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source]

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