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21.01.2013

Daily ebay scan - Mystery Do-17 on a beach - Norway?

A photograph of a Dornier Do 17 marked with an individaul aircraft letter K in white is currently on offer from the seller roman69.

Photo of Dornier Do-17 'Weisse K' currently for sale on ebay.de
 
This Dornier 17 obviously force-landed on a beach has been a small mystery to me and others cooperating on the identification of individual losses of the Luftwaffe. I have copies in my collection of four other photographs showing the same aircraft, and have seen at least one additional one.

Cockpit area - possibly a crew member in the water trying to rescue some belongings?
What are we going to do now...
A rather large group of spectators have gathered on the beach
A better quality print showing that the last letter of the code was H

It has been speculated that this is A6 + KH from 1.(F)/120, and that the location and time is spring/summer 1940 near Stavanger in Norway.

We have however not been able to identify the loss from contemporary loss records, and thus this is still a mystery. If anyone can add any information even if it is just speculation or ideas - please add a comment.