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Dornier 215 WNr 0023. VB+KK, 2/Aufklarungsgruppe 121

This serial plate belongs to a Do215 which was returning from a reconnaissance mission to evaluate damage to Liverpool in October 1940. It was shot down near Trawsfynydd by a Spitfire piloted by Pilot Officer Dennis A. Adams, from B Flight of 611 Squadron detached from Tern Hill to Ringway. Three of the four-man crew survived namely, Felt Webeln, Kurt Jensen and Hans Kuhl. The fatality was 26 year old engineer, Unteroffizier Gustav Pelzer - he was the first enemy aircrew member to be buried in north Wales. (Reference - "No Landing Place" Pub. 1999, by Edward Doylerush)

The plate is on display at Trawsfynydd's Llys Ednowain Heritage centre, kindly loaned from Mr Gwyn Morris.