Dornier 217E US+DL


This photo is to illustrate the type only and is not the actual aircraft involved!
Image from Airfix box art.

 Dornier Do 217E shot down by AA gunfire, crashed at Madam Law, Kirknewton, Northumberland at 00.05. It would appear that the aircraft had come from a northerly direction, crashed into the side of Madam Law, near the top, ricocheted over the hill and came to rest in pieces on the southern side. Three of the four crewmen were thrown out of the plane and killed, the fourth was found dead inside the burnt wreckage.*

*- North East Diary 1939-1945 (http://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_32.html)

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