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| Date: | Wednesday 13 September 1939 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: | Dornier Do 18 D-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./Kü.Fl.Gr.106 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0718 |
| MSN: | M2+LK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Seefliegerhorst Norderney, Germany |
Operation: recce flight
Crash-landing on water (poles 16(17). The floats were then punctured by a Dutch fighter aircraft and sank. The crew was imprisoned in Canada almost during the entire World War II.
In 1984 the remains of the wreckage were dug up and sold as scrap.
Sources:
FlugzeugClassic 05/2008
https://www.amelanderhistorie.nl/news/vliegtuigcrashes-op-ameland-tijdens-de-tweede-wereldoorlog-1-/_
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0002&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2008 09:48 | Bleiente | Added |
| 04-Oct-2013 13:57 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2019 17:29 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 06-May-2019 19:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Dec-2019 19:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 10-Dec-2019 21:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Dec-2019 23:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-Jun-2022 09:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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