I live close to kings sombourne and speaking with an elderly resident whilst out walking the dog, she said that rumours at the time were that some crew survived but were taken care of by local farmwokers!

Interviews, WW2 By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by Anthony Rogers A heavily bomb-damaged street in Valletta, Malta.

Chartham cemetery also contained the grave of A Hoffman, Luftwaffe, killed 15 September, so it was used for Luftwaffe burials, but there was an Alfred Hoffman and also an Andreas Hoffman both killed on 15 September and I dont know which one was in Chartham before Cannock. There is an interesting photo in the book German Bombers Over England of several Do-17s flying at or below cliff level, just east of Cuckmere Haven, on their way to bomb RAF Kenley, according to the caption.

I attended Christ Church Junior School, which was housed in a large former private residence near the centre of town.

There are many details which do not chime with your family recollection Don Fw Richter was a veteran, having served since 1935 and in various campaigns before the Battle of Britain (France, Poland and he was with the Berlin Police Force before that) and was a flight sergeant, and not a nervous young man by the sounds of it.

However, there are 12 volumes, so without the date it would mean trawling through all of them, page by page! It seems to be folklore in the area, but no-one has any real detail.

The history of the area is quite rich with Hastings and the Norman stuff but my main interest is Wars of The Roses naturally and where I live theres lots of evil Yorkist Neville references. Looking at a very old ordnance survey map 183 Eastbourne the map reference for the mine would be 718194 -not sure what an up to date map reference number would be though. My Daughter has Recently moved to a new housing development near to where the old Runwell Hospital in Essex used to be and Ive been interested in the where a German bomber came down near to where her house is built now. WebWW2 aircraft crash sites Nearly 200 identified! The engines were never recovered and the props stuck out of the ground for several years till the land owner a mr smith cut them off and made a feature of the remains.

I have looked at the maps again Gerald. Yours sincerely stuart. 60024/79 BS Gefr Franz BECKER 18.1.19 Hurth, Koln.

Great website. Do let me know. One crewman, wireless op Gefr Adolf Wibel was found dead some distance away at Grandturzel Farm, Burwash (TN19 7DE), it was his parachute that had been damaged.

Parker has a little on Bf 110D S9+AB and a bit about ErprGr210 inc a colour photo of the emblem of the British Isles in a gun sight.

Max-Dankwart Birkenstock was the Bomb aimer, Freude was the pilot, Schulze was the radio operator/upper gunner and Becker was the rear gunner (usually in the under fuselage gondola, facing aft) are reported killed. Re; sound mirrors, I first saw them on the coast path around Dover and Folkestone, theres loads of stuff there too. Anyway if there is anything in that book that you think would help then please let me know or email me.

I would love to see it. My email is mfry154@hotmail.com, Yes Micheal I can meet you on the date of the ME109 crash at Hurst Farm if you wish, It came down on the 2nd of September 1940 I believe that it come down at 11.55 am, Be good for us to meet on that date in the village of Chilham and walk down to the crash site, pay our respects .

Quickly realised it was from the USAF phantom that crashed in the 1970s, almost in the same place as the Heinkel, 30 years later. But where you are is an area rich in WWII history of course. A couple of years ago I went back for a flying visit and couldnt recognise any of it.

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Harrow Train Crash Inquiry: James Kent. Pls does anyone know of a German pilot called Helwick Keplian (or similar as the K & H might not be correct) who might have crashed in Kent during WW2 ??? I remember visiting the he 111 on Cairnsmore of fleet. Let me know if you recall any other detail? He did some investigation in later life and received a copy of a letter form a Keith Hiscock at Essex Aviation Group in 1998, which states they had one of the engines and the propeller reduction gear on display given to them by Basildon ATC Squadron.

If this does not sound right, do you have an idea as to the date? Usually have my camera slung about my neck and wear a fairly smart jacket to appear presentable but yes, a letter would go a long way!

This proports to be from a ME109E shot down on Dunkirk Kent on Monday 23rd Sept 1940. At about 6:30pm, after flying low over cottages in the village of West Woodhay, it struck Walbury Hill about 100 feet from the top.

Any clues as to where both men came down, hopefully not on Manstons doorstep!

But please ask him if this one sounds like the incident he recalled? There is a photo of Gefr Becker and the photo you mention? Much concentrated air fighting with 10 ME109 shot down, plus 6 probables, with further 4 damaged.

I'm not talking about digging big holes or anything, just scratching around with a trowel really.

Typically groups of documents such as this are scattered to the wind so getting a clear picture of other missions/ losses becomes more difficult to pull together a comprehensive picture.

Please let me know if youd like more info? The Sussex Constabulary reports often reproduced in the Crash Archives that Ian has can narrow the area down and might be the best information.

to school over the next day or so.

Oberleutnant Max-Dankwart Birkenstock,

At least one member of the crew was captured on the spot and was noticeably fat which he recalls brought comments from the crowd as he was led away about Mussolini and Goering being shot down.

Thanks .

The plane, returning from bombing London, had been hit so at the last moment dropped his last bomb which fortunately did not explode as it wedged into the chimney of the bedroom she was hiding in. There was one survivor, Uffz J. Sehrt. So, I just started looking at the books I have and realised it would be a mammoth task for me as not all Werk numbers are identified in the entries for crashed aircraft.

Many thanks.

The detail is from page 30 bottom left hand side paragraph On the night of the 8th May etc, the photographs are on page 32.

German bombers attacked the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh on 16 October 1939. Hi Gerald, there was a German bomber which crashed at Poynings Spring, Saddlescombe on the night of 1 June 1941.

My other purchase is crashed parts of a Messershmitt BF109E5/JG26, flown by Uffz Wemhoner and shot down over Folkestone,Kent, the plane crashed at Tappington Hall farm, Denton, Kent, does anyone have any information on this ? I was just wondering if there was a society or similar who may be interested in this possible untouched site.

There was almost nothing left apart from burned bushes just below the roadside.

No worries David, Ill have a look this weekend and get back to you. I googled the werk nummer but nothing leapt out. The last raid was a V2

She says she does not know where in the churchyard this was. I have strong circumstantial evidence he was actually in the Auxiliary Home Guard. Before they were captured the German aircrew had time to set explosives within their aircraft which then detonated destroying the front part of the Heinkel, leaving only the tail and a small amount of the fuselage intact. Take care and all the best, keep in touch.

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Cheers,

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Terracotta tiles on the roof of Saintoft Lodge, Newton-on-Rawcliffe, Ryedale, North Yorkshire. Do you know what sort of aircraft he was flying?

The German pilot and at least one other member of his crew had been killed by machine gun fire from the Mosquito.

I can send image of this if you can get me an email address.

My nephew now lives in a house 1/4 mile from the site and local stories say a German POW worked at that farmhouse during the war. If you want to learn even more about this crash site there was an article written by Andy Saunders in the January 2009 issue of Britain at War magazine titled A Far from Ordinary Pond.

In the school back yard, large aircraft-hangar-like buildings were constructed to house the fire engines and personnel.

After more searching online and elsewhere, I discovered that 9 Do-17s attacked RAF Kenley on Aug. 18, 1940, in what turned out to be the last low-level BOB raid by the Luftwaffe (due to high losses).

Ron Dyson and I hiked several times from Eastbourne to Cuckmere Haven, sometimes going back along the beach under the cliffs until we either climbed up Birling Gap or Cow Gap to get back onto the Downs. Its such a clear story, I imagine (kiss of death here) we should be able to identify it. My mother told me when I was a child that when I was born in Farnborough Hospital 26th August 1942 a doodlebug either hit the hospital or exploded nearby. Hi meg,I wonder if its the same incident as my father remembers ?

Lund of 611 Squadron during combat at 14.45.

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