Ian. Do 17Z-3 (3458) 5K+GN of 5/KG3 shot down by Pilot Officer P.J.T. Read about our current news, projects and campaigns nationally and in your area. No worries David, Ill have a look this weekend and get back to you. Thanks, yes, thats me on PPRuNe (and a few other sites) trying to see if anyone can provide a reason for them to have been taken from Kings Somborne (where the vicar had offered to have them buried) and then lost. My dad said that kids started bringing back parts of wings, undercarriage, bullets, etc. Does anyone have any I was told exactly where it crashed but that was over 25yrs ago & I was in a pub at the time lol. He is still able to correctly identify and name He111, Ju87, Ju88, Do17 and many allied planes. WebList of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft include all types of accident and incident, including mechanical failures, pilot error and military action. One member of the crew bailed out over Alfriston, his parachute failed to open, and he hit the hill above Cradle Valley. Am no expert, but I think this would have been the emblem on the nose of the aircraft. Thank you. Not a good copy, but this is a photo of the Ju88 site. Did the Luftwaffe use self-sealing fuel tanks? Hi, I was at Goudhurst earlier today with my father. Dad speaks about the mudflats being dangerous and needing a guide (especially in fog or at night) and things like there being an old seawall & polder (?Canol ffordd Y Cob Porthmadog the Cob and Traeth Mawr, perhaps), a river (?Afon Dwyryd) and a railway line in this area that was used by Spitfires as a navigational aid for nearby gunnery practice schoolkids then collecting the expended ammunition cases into belts for a bounty from the MoD. Hi my dad and i went detecting on the site in the 70s with his friend Tom who as a kid took home a reem of cannon shell the police came and took them away we dug up machine shells and i got a chrome door handle with the perspex still on it the oak tree which it topped off is no longer there and there was a huge gouge on the ridge by the gibbet now filled in. Do you recall where abouts you saw the crosses ? The area was lightly populated at the time (probably not so these days). I know it is a long time since you wrote for help. The fact that those young men all died on the same date suggest otherwise. While living in Kent I got to know an ex Coldstream Guards officer who had been posted to Berlin shortly after Germanys surrender. The 190 impacted in a ditch, not too far from where we lived in Hampden Park (also part of Eastbourne). 60024/4 BO Oberlt Max-Dankwart BIRKENSTOCK 16.12.15 Neustettin, Stettin Many thanks. It did occur to me that the aircraft may have crashed some distance away and certainly my family story focuses very much on the young and very frightened German airman, rather than the plane. According to the German source, the captions refer to Do 17Z-2s of 9/KG 76. My mums memory is fading a bit now, but lots of her other war recollections are accurate, but I dont know if this really happened or whether its simply a scene shes recalled from a film! I do get lots of requests for information and sometimes I can help, others I cant but I usually try to help out if I can. Hoping someone can help me here in Australia. Hi Ken, here is your photo about which other people might be able to advise further. In the Aug 1976 there was an excavation of the site (by the authors) that identified the aeroplane number #10244 allowing the crew to be identified as Major Wilhelm Schmitter and Uffz. There was one survivor, Uffz J. Sehrt. Has anyone any information about the location of a crashed German bomber in King sombourne Hampshire. Other nearby places this incident could be recorded against are (from Google maps): Criccieth; Porthmadog; Portmeirion; Morfa Bychan; Harlech and Afon Glaslyn. A few days later, knowing my love of history, he gave me the number plates & the pilots collar rank insignia & cloth bullion pilots badge, all slightly damaged by aviation fuel but clearly recognisable. co-incidentaly I too now live in Australia. Can anyone verify this incident? He thinks at least one died in the crash but at least two bailed out which in my mind rules out a me 110. 
Oberleutnant Max-Dankwart Birkenstock, She says she does not know where in the churchyard this was. - Vintage Photograph 1467913. [ Via] The bombs just missed the railway station and I had a wonderful top 3/4 view of the aircraft as it turned after off-loading its bombs and flew south beneath the cloud layer. The aircraft work number was Wn.3962 and the fuselage identification code was believed to be F8+LW. I asked that and then saw you had already mentioned the BoB! There are 12 volumes I have been looking at vol 8 but let me know if you come across other info and would like me to check the other books. Aircrew names in one bomber: Unteroff. Says the aircraft crashed on fire and was completely smashed. A Spitfire went down on the 22nd May 1944 south of Glotenham stream and Sealands Wood, north of Park Pale and Mountfield Park. He worked in the sand and gravel pit where it we discovered it. Jeremy. 8/JG26 4+1 Isle of Grain pilot Uff Arnold Kupper I will search to see if I can find any photos of the crew. By: Keith Required fields are marked *. That happened the day before my mums 8th birthday. Hi Paul, Will take a look at what I have in my books, get back to you if I find anything. I havent been able to find anything either but someone is convinced of it and the story still persists around the village amongst the dwindling elderly, Thanks Simon. HI Ian, no its the Bf-110 from Erpro210 flown by Walter Rubensdorffer (something of a bomber celebrity and CO of the specialist unit. The aircraft was spread over a wide area as were the crew who were subsequently buried in Bears rd cemetery. Cheers Being a native from your neck of the woods I appreciate that effort. All i know is that Uffz Wemhoner survived and ended up as a POW. We later found more about the war Plane and its Pilot and the reasons for the crash, He was a Luftwaffe Pilot Who had flown from his base in Guines near Calais France. They will also often have social significance to local communities or the families and friends of aircrew. ww2 plane crash sites map kent February 25, 2023 Posted by David AP, remember as a lad finding a canopy of either a spitfire or hurricane on spare land between clifton,the irwell and agecroft collery in manchester,never did find out which it was and i think its been dug up C-49j military cargo plane. Thank you so much. I also saw a Do 217e drop eight bombs, in two tight drops, on Winchester. Thanks Rob, will take a look in the books I have. There is a small photo of the RAF navigator by the Mosquito at West Malling and one of the excavation in 1976 with the now retired navigator proudly displaying a prop unearthed. Both my parents came from East Sussex farming families. If you could ask him the date and location, I may be able to provide you with more information. Hello again Ray, I just recieved your last two emails, Ive been looking but must have missed them, its a great story about you Mothers experience and I would dearly love to meet up with you, but sadly I have a condition in my legs (Neuropathy) and can hardly walk and my flying days are over, I know Im missing out but thats life I guess, my last trip was 2014. 8/JG26 9+1 Biddenden pilot Fw Gerhard Grsymalla I found notes gun crew in Seaford say they hit a bomber, they also mention airmans body found on Cradle Hill. So wonder if you might be able to assist. And then silence . Anyone interested in this story can find the pictures and info on pages 614 616 and 617 of the (Battle of Britain then and now book) Also a photo of the wreckage and photo of pilot. Hi, Hi. Your time & effort is greatly appreciated. Please let me know if youd like more info? In looking around on-line, I also noted references to Do17Z-2 Wn 4200 5K + JN at Marden (see below) but which is later corrected to having come down at Beltring which Parker confirms. 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. As for the BBC record I would take good pinch of salt when rerading their accounts of Alfriston WW11 check their ages and dates in their accounts!!! A group of volunteers from The Friends of Balaam's Wood Local Nature Reserve clearing brambles at Gannow Green Moated Site, New Frankley in Birmingham, Two horsemen reading The Sportsman, 30 Oct 1902, Farnborough, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. Will take a look Adam. I could copy across some photos if you think this is the one? 24/2/44 Ju188 at Withyham atlanta falcons jersey number font; stephanie goff nbc reporter Great film especially Helen Mirrens armourahem. As the wreckage was spread over a wide area it is possible that parts were discovered at Saddlescombe. Hello, If they took the engines, hopefully they went to a museum, maybe the Wings Museum? He claims (in that year) a German Luftwaffe airman had baled out of his crashing Heinkel nearby. Hope this helps. I'd leave the trowel at home if I were you. For the most part the books I have identify the crash site, but not always where the air crew landed if they had baled out. They might be able to help. I wonder if I jinxed it by saying we should be able to identify the crewman; as Simon has shown, there are lots of potential contenders. The bomber crashed on the edge of RAF Kenley and its hardly likely that the remains would have been transported all that distance to Litlington. Ian. Interesting to read of your dads memories of this crash. One crew member bailed out and was taken prisoner at Fawkham, while the aircraft is presumed to have crashed in the English Channel along with the rest of the crew. Manston was 11 Group, so were the known crew and perhaps documents etc taken away for scrutiny by 11 Group (perhaps Luftwaffe maps/routes or other useful information, cameras and films?) I will let you know what transpires. As well as keeping me entertained down the village pub with stories of his own WW2 exploits he would also tell some stories about his dads WW1 experiences & whilst telling one of those he let it slip that his dad had been put in charge of an AA battery somewhere near Lympne during WW2. As you say, they were all human beings without much say in the matter. There is a photograph of some RAF pilots making their way back across a mustard field after looking at the smouldering wreckage. Major Henderson the then owner said he didnt want the site touched but he died some years ago so things might have changed now I think they were after the two engines which I think are still in the ground you could try battle of Britain maybe Sorry Ian, I was told where the crash happened (now faded from memory) but other than during the BoB I was told nothing specific on date. Sucking eggs comment here, but have you been to the local library? The aircraft crashing at the Gypsum Mines was at Woodlands Shaft on 4th Oct 1940 a Heinkell He111 V4+FW from II/KG-1. The replies seem to be about a crash at Friston, and I found another referring to a Luftwaffe crash at Seaford Golf Club. Having read what I could from the books I have I am pretty sure I know the trajectory as the 110 had to pull up over the church before flying over the high street in front of my house (which incidentally was the Home Guard HQ/Office during the war) and the pub before hitting the ground. Hi Simon, I just wondered does anyone have any information about the plane and possibly a picture? However, the last volume of series I am hoping will identify your aircraft is due for publication on 1st Feb 2018; it contains a full index to the entire series. If they avoided discovery one wonders where those souvenirs are today! Now Im wondering. Im still planning on getting there sometime (I have a wonderful set of aerial photos my Dad took when doing his National Service as part of a weather recce for the Queens Coronation) and were planning a mini tour at some point to all the places photographed. I visited the fantastic Battle of Britain Museum at The famous Battle of Britain Airfield ( Hawking) Kent . Do17Z-2 Wn3230 U5+ET is described as having been shot down at Nine Acre wood, Kilndown at 15.15 on the 15th. I was just wondering if there was a society or similar who may be interested in this possible untouched site. The area was langdon hills laindon. 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