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	Do17, Windsor

Do17Z-3 W.Nr.3472
7T+JL of 3/KGr606
Lt zur See R Dieskau
Uffz E Tietjen
Lt G Hubner
Gefr W Arnold
All baled out and taken prisoner.

Shot down by S/Ldr J H Little in a 219 Sqn Beaufighter at 20.30 hrs 17th January 1941.
Crashed at Oakley Court, Bray, near Windsor.

One of the better known Luftwaffe crash sites in the UK, this site has been visited many times over the past 25 years but the precise point of impact could not be located. Small items from the Dornier had been spread over many hundreds of yards by nearly 70 years of continuous cultivation, thus disguising the impact site. With the land now scheduled for gravel extraction, permission was obtained from the new owners for one last attempt to find any wreckage. After many hours of searching with deep-seeking detectors the site was finally located. Although the engines had been buried by the force of the crash, they had been salvaged and ultimately only small fragments of the Dornier and its engines were found.

	The wreckage on the morning after the crash.
	The excavation underway under the supervision of Tarmac's representative.
	A maker's plate showing 'Do17Z'.
	Some of the small items found. Almost all of the wreckage had been cleared in 1941.