Do125 Shot Down Nr Trawsfynydd by Keith O'Brien

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Oct 1940

Do125 Shot Down Nr Trawsfynydd

Trawsfynydd

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

An old photo of 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)

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D M Wynne-Hughes		13-Mar-2014 22:58
" ...Three of the four-man crew survived namely, Felt Webeln, Kurt Jensen and Hans Kuhl..." I suspect that an error has cropped in here, the pilot was, I believe, a Rolf Book who later wrote about the incident and the young girl who handed him her handkerchief to wipe the blood from his face. I suspect that Kurt Jensen and Hand Kuhl were Sergeants in the Luftwaffe - or in German - Feldwebel. Pelzer was re-interred after the war at the German Military Cemetery at Cannock Chase, Staffs.

Dan Puw		19-Sep-2010 18:47
Hogyn bach chwech oed oeddwn i, yn y cae yd adre yn Styllen, a gwelsom yr awyren 'ma yn hedfan heb fod yn bell iawn oddiwrthym, ac awyren arall yn ei dilyn ac yn tanio ati. Cofiaf un o'r gwylwyr hynaf yn dweud mai Spitfire oedd hi. Erbyn hyn y fi yw'r unig un o'r cynhaeafwyr sy'n dal o gwmpas i ddweud yr hanes, ac i gadarnhau mai nid breuddwydio wnes i! Fyddai'r awyren wedi dod o gyfeiriad y Parc tybed?

David Owen		01-Apr-2010 10:05
Yr oeddwn yn sefyll ar waelod yard ysgol Gellilydan pan aeth y peth heibio ar Queen Mary!

Keith O'Brien		07-Dec-2009 21:05
Diolch Ger - o'n i heb glywed y stori yna o'r blaen, ond yn hawdd i gredu! 'Dwi wedi rhoi rhan cyntaf o hanes y camp yn Rhamant Bro mis diwethaf a gobeithiaf gysylltu â thi dros gwyliau'r Nadolig. Hwyl, Keith

Guest		07-Dec-2009 18:29
Aeth yr home gaurd o Blaenau i gaurdio y dornier .Fel yr oeddynt yn cymeryd drosodd disgynodd un or machineguns a oedd yn pwyso ar y fuselage a saethu un or soldiwrs yn ei sowdl yn ol hanes un or cyn home gaurd.Stupid boy pike cofion gorau ger bach

Keith O'Brien		14-Oct-2008 22:37
Old, but not that old Rory ;-)

Rory Trappe		14-Oct-2008 22:31
Is that you standing next to the van Keith ?

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