" Wulfe Hound " is the first B - 17 that was captured and operated by the Luftwaffe . It all started on December 12, 1942 , in the 360th Bomber Squadron assault missions , 303rd Bomber Group , 8th USAAF Bomber Command to a Rouen - France Sotteville . The attack as usual got the " welcome " the rousing of the Luftwaffe hunters . Wulfe Hound in the attack were not spared from the 190 FW dozen target host is busy serving his guests .
Nahas , due to hit the destructive force Lt. Paul Flickenge plane made an emergency landing near Melun ( 60 miles east of Paris ) . 8 his crew caught , but two people managed to escape and save himself .
How get a windfall , Germany was brought Wulfe Hound to be fixed to the airbase Leeuwarden , Netherlands to be flown back . But unfortunately , under the turret damaged during emergency landing was never successfully repaired and replaced . Then given the insignia " Balkenkreuz " and coded numbering Stammkennzeichen " DL + XC " in accordance with SOP and officially an official inventory of the Luftwaffe .
After going through a series of tests conducted testing and Luftwaffe in Rechlin , finally on March 17, 1943 he successfully flown back . This success is a step that is very important and useful to evaluate and improve the Luftwaffe tactics in the rhino 's dropping the ambush mission B - 17 which is increasingly often pushed deep into German territory . Starting on 11 September 1943 Wulfe hound officially serving in a special operations unit " Kampfgeschwader " KG 200 with base in Rangesdforf , Germany . These aircraft are used in practice even involved in covert operations that take place around May and June 1944 .
20 April 1945 is the last day " served " under the banner of the Third Reich , because on that date he was damaged by an allied air attack on the air base Oranienburg .
Nahas , due to hit the destructive force Lt. Paul Flickenge plane made an emergency landing near Melun ( 60 miles east of Paris ) . 8 his crew caught , but two people managed to escape and save himself .
How get a windfall , Germany was brought Wulfe Hound to be fixed to the airbase Leeuwarden , Netherlands to be flown back . But unfortunately , under the turret damaged during emergency landing was never successfully repaired and replaced . Then given the insignia " Balkenkreuz " and coded numbering Stammkennzeichen " DL + XC " in accordance with SOP and officially an official inventory of the Luftwaffe .
After going through a series of tests conducted testing and Luftwaffe in Rechlin , finally on March 17, 1943 he successfully flown back . This success is a step that is very important and useful to evaluate and improve the Luftwaffe tactics in the rhino 's dropping the ambush mission B - 17 which is increasingly often pushed deep into German territory . Starting on 11 September 1943 Wulfe hound officially serving in a special operations unit " Kampfgeschwader " KG 200 with base in Rangesdforf , Germany . These aircraft are used in practice even involved in covert operations that take place around May and June 1944 .
20 April 1945 is the last day " served " under the banner of the Third Reich , because on that date he was damaged by an allied air attack on the air base Oranienburg .