Wondered if it was someone I knew. At the moment though I’m focussed on more recent events. My brother and I visited a plane crash site one evening in 1942. 60024/79 BS Gefr Franz BECKER 18.1.19 Hurth, Koln. I’m afraid I don’t, my dad said it was a fighter but wasn’t sure, he remembers it sat in boggy ground, that looked like a small copse or wood between two fields today. The family returned to Australia in 1912 and Sidney began training in livestock on a station in New South Wales. Think I have found it Kay, details from page linked below; This German bomber was attacked by a Mosquito from 29 Squadron crewed by Flight Lieutenant S. F. Hodsman and Warrant Officer A. F. Monger. The family still have the parachute handle given to my aunt at the time. I’m trying to confirm this information ” at Llwyn Knottia Farm off the Cefn Road Wrexham. My grand father was in the home guard and was apparently first on the scene with his bucket of sand for the ammo. However, one local source mentions a possible plane crash so it seems worth following up…..thanks in advance for any help or advice- PD. I’d love to know more about this plane & its crew, particularly its pilot & would appreciate any help you can give me. Hi Steve, I have looked in the books I own but can find no reference to it. When the station’s crash crew appeared at the site they found the remains of a No.12 Squadron Lancaster scattered over the ground and among the wreckage, the bodies of its seven crew. My wife and I travelled to Denmark in 2018 and I found the field where my dad crashed, the farm where they sheltered for the night and the Ulfborg jail where they were taken after capture. Crashed Great Dunmow En route to RAF Witchford. 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. They did wonder why Combe,a tiny tiny village had the occasional bomb dropped. Parker provides a portrait of the pilot, Unteroffizier Gerhard Rüger and a poor quality photo of S9+BH in formation with other 110s. My late father Vincent Place was rear gunner lancs I have been told his aircraft crashed on a training flight in Snowdonia only him and the pilot survived 1943/44 I would be great full if you have any info on this as I can’t find any info on his war records any where thank you, Hi Mark, have you any more details at all? Ian, Hi E.F/Bonser (296 Squadron), Thanks David, not a site I have visited. Mechanic) Heinz Kochy (Radio Operator) and Gustav Ullmann (Gunner) all survived the forced landing along with their aircraft. Great stuff. He worked in the sand and gravel pit where it we discovered it. And uncanny that the engine is in the RAF Battle of Britain museum, it was almost like your mother was meant to be there giving the pilot his last comforts, wonderful to hear it all. As a boy I visited the site two days after the event with a schoolfriend and found a small piece of metal with a screw. PS..Re story by me above 109 crash at chilham Kent on 1st Sept 1940. Best regards, This morning I am free and am just replying to a number of queries I received, will take a look into yours soon. Have a copy of Luftwaffe crash archive vol 2 if you need more. I have tried to track the aircraft and also the airman, but without success. Bf110C S9+TH at Smallbridge? For example, an RAF Hurricane crashed close by on 9 September 1940, though Polish pilot survived that one. Michael. I was able to identify all of the crew, and they are buried in the same plot, the same row, and in consecutive-numbered graves. No crash at Saddlescombe is shown on the maps in either of the first two books by Burgess and Saunders. on 27.8.1944 at 04.05 in Albemarle V1782, F/S A.H.Busbridge (Pilot) A second request concerns a crash site perhaps 1½ miles away at Old Surrey Hall quite close to East Grinstead where a Lancaster crashed. vaccination sites . Same perhaps goes for bodies washed ashore; and who would know when they died?. Is there anywhere that I could go online using the aircraft info I have to get some answers? Hi could you give me any info on this crash site iam a relative of Flight Sergeant Valencia. He was re buried at the German War Grave cometary at Cannock chase … His German Family gathered at the funeral For what must have been a sad moment, I’m new to these sites but wonder if anyone can help me. I have some further information that you may, or indeed may not already have. The Nachtjagd diary books list pilots and what happened to them. Hello again Gerald. My aunt, W.H Pinfold’s sister and I have search for years My Uncle Bill continue as a trainer for navigators, although he had an artificial leg, for the duration of the war. Hello Ian Thank you for the Reply Iam Looking at going to take a Metal Detector over to the site though I may not find anything. A full account of this event is told in the book “Spirit of the Blue: Peter Ayerst – A Fighter Pilot’s Story.” by Hugh Thomas. I am looking for information on a tragic double Halifax collision on 21st August 1944 over the skies of Birkin, North Yorkshire. Dont know what type of plane it was or if is connected to the aircraft panel you purchased. Really need the date so that Ian can look at Parker’s Crash Archives. I have a German tool pouch taken ( i think) from a crashed JU88 near London, a gentleman named Ray Woodyatt gave it to me some 35 years ago as he was in the RAF ground crew. The M25 is never a good proposition especially the bits that encompass the London airports Heathrow and Gatwick. Perhaps there was a fifth grave elsewhere in that crowded church yard, or perhaps his family had taken the remains back to Germany. My mum’s memory is fading a bit now, but lots of her other war recollections are accurate, but I don’t know if this really happened or whether it’s simply a scene she’s recalled from a film! It looks like your uncle was the pilot of Lancaster ME323 which was shot down at eight minutes past one on the morning of 4 March 1945. He was ‘ Oberleutnant Ekkehard Schelcher A gruppe Staff Officer of the Jagd Geschwader 54 Gruenherze ( green heart‘s ) 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). Let me know re; the date if you have it? I did not see anything like a machine gun! 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!!! On page 617 there is a written passage to be found on the pages next to the pictures on previous page page 614 shows the funeral that took place after the pilot was brought up and buried … In 1977…. 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. The crash spot is identified as B13 on Map B on Page 9. 8/JG26 9+1 Biddenden pilot Fw Gerhard Grsymalla They had the misfortune to be undertaking night navigation exercises the same night that the Luftwaffe launched its last big revenge attack against the RAF. I will be grateful for the smallest item of information which might help. Similar story here. The local Hampshire Chronicle rarely if ever published photos but no doubt carried a story. Will have a look at what I have and let you know if I find anything James. I believe the LW did utilize self sealing tanks. At least one other Luftwaffe pilot, Alfred Hoffman was also buried here in September. Your email address will not be published. I am sure Ian might have a bit more detail of the crash if he owns the relevant volume of the Luftwaffe Crash Archive series which I do not (yet). This aircraft took off from Paris for a raid on Birmingham but was attacked by a Boulton Paul Defiant night fighter over Redhill. Ian. Link here to Aviation Safety Network has an overview plus links to other websites it references, Hello , An allied aircraft crashed in front of my father, Cpl R.A.Jacksons platoon in the village of Hollot Normandy France on 1st or 2nd August 1944. Hollings-Pott and Mclean witnessing this fatal strike broke off and flew their Spitfires back towards Hawarden Airfield. The number on the pouch is 088 1692, So if anyone has any idea or further info on this item, i would be very interested to hear. First surface-to-air missile deployed by the Soviet Union. fertigungs-Nr F12. Hi, I was at Goudhurst earlier today with my father. The plane then crashed into woods at bottom of their garden. Harald, Hi thankyou a very brave man by the sound of it glad was treated ok.couldn’t find nothing on records regarding the gentleman.I think he was Essen based nice to hear he got to see his family. Hi John, I have taken a look but have found nothing concrete I’m afraid. Ian. Thanks for your two messages. Quickly realised it was from the USAF phantom that crashed in the 1970s, almost in the same place as the Heinkel, 30 years later. We have some woods nearby and have found British .50 cal bullets in the woods and scraps of aluminium and have always wondered if they had anything to do with the Heinkel. Living in Croydon I also regularly saw Palace (even play Bury which I vowed never to do again because of split loyalties) but I haven’t been to see them either since moving to Rotherfield, ironic since they are currently enjoying their most successful season ever. ok thanks, makes it easier to see which side of the town. The Winsford & Middlewich Guardian, for example. They might be able to help. I would appreciate any information you have on John, 44 squadron or Lamsdorf. Many thanks. Appreciate your kind words. It looked like a miniature submarine in size and shape, badly damaged and it seemed to be compartmented. On my train to London I once counted about 20 pillboxes dotting the countryside and that started it off. From hearing the whoosh to impact took just 5 seconds. Hi Dave, Ian might have some more info from the Luftwaffe Crash archive volumes but the source I am using is “Bombers over Sussex 1943-45” by Burgess and Saunders (Middleton Press) as my reference. Obviously stories get distorted over time ! I’ve not been able to find much else out about the incident andvthe family has no pictures of Sgt H M Holmes. I saw the crash which was caused by the Waco on tow getting out of position and pulling the tail of the tug to starboard. Maybe they were Canadian! Thanks, yes, that’s me on PPRuNe (and a few other sites) trying to see if anyone can provide a reason for them to have been taken from King’s Somborne (where the vicar had offered to have them buried) and then “lost”. I’ve never been able to find photos of the crash site even though it sounds like the wreckage was strewn around. Also worth noting that one can stay at the Restaurant les Grépins & that the UK company http://www.solognac.co.uk has a campus there. Researchers in Germany are investigating the loss of RAF Lancaster PB209, 156 Pathfinder Squad. This was an RAF Wellington and 3 crewmen bailed out and parachuted safely down. Many thanks for your prompt reply Ian. I don’t know of that one sorry, but maybe someone else on here might be able to provide some infor for you. Ian. Apologies for not approving your comment earlier; I had planned to look this morning (I am not in work today) and didn’t want to approve your comment without being able to reply with some info for you. I live near Wilmington in East Sussex and heard a story recently from an elderly gentleman who was evacuated here in 1940. hanging from the bushes. The five Australians were buried in the Cambridge City Cemetery and the other two were taken to their home towns. Does anyone have any clues? Just interested in local history and filling gaps. I’m local and hoping to visit sites to pay respects on their respective dates. Is there anyone out there who can either supply info or point me in the right direction . Yes thanks, I’ve found out a lot of information on both aircraft from the web but it’s the crash location site which is causing me frustration! thank you Ian DB for achnowledging my story… I know it cannot be achieved at this late time (75 years on) But I would have loved to have been able to let his German parents know that he was not alone in those faateful last moments and that a british Mother was close by and sobbed for the loss of that dear son of theirs… Thank You. The town of Broome, Western Australia, was attacked by Japanese fighter planes on 3 March 1942, during World War II.At least 88 civilians and Allied military personnel were killed. It will still be in their den I suppose! The problem is I don’t know exactly where it is. I was introduced to the Gall family as a teenager. But where you are is an area rich in WWII history of course. In an earlier recollection she focussed on just two crew (so maybe a fighter bomber or light bomber?) Cheers, Maybe someone else reading this might be able to help? Bob Doe is reported as saying the crash site was strewn with blood stained bandages. I believe I gave my website before, but just in case here it is again! Ref: German bomber crash site near Seaford 1941 known facts. Ok will take a look anyway, see whats recorded. I can send image of this if you can get me an email address. Ju crew survived a good belly landing a few miles to the east, south-east of Winchester. The terrain as I recall it was ‘rough’, uneven land: no crops, drainage ditches, not many trees if any, a bit wild and uncared for I suppose. I am a relation of a crew member located in Australia. The crash is mentioned in Blitz over Sussex by Burgess & Saunders from Middleton Press. My Nans house Was on Halifax drive And she always talked about how close it got and she could see the pilot who managed to lift it over the houses to crash in the fields behind. Number 7: Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxbat With a top speed of Mach 2.83, the next aircraft on our list is the Mikoyan Gurevich-31 Foxhound (also this one was once available for tourist flights! While it probably won’t specify the farm, there may well be a photo of the crash site which will help you find the spot. Wondered if anyone has any info on a crash that occurred on 27/08/1944 one mile n/w of Stowmarket in which my wife’s father was killed. Published. Do you have the date of the crash, even an approximation? I am fascinated as we found a .50 cal casing in the woods as well which I guess was from the fighting overhead?? Stuart. Anything welcome especially if any photos. After uprooting two trees it bounced four times along the ground and broke into many pieces, which were spread over an area of about half-a-mile. I have purchased an aircraft panel piece on ebay. The photos show quite a bit of debris remaining, though if the crash was close to a road as you say, then it is likely the remains were cleared. Will take a look next week. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated regards Reg, I just bought two collages of pieces of WW2 crashed/shot down aircraft with some information, one is a Hurricane flown by Sgt Tony Pickering of 501 sqdn over Caterham and shot down over Happey valley Old Coulsdon, Surrey ( i have found photos and lots of information about this man. let me know. https://www.francisfrith.com/uk/netherfield,east-sussex/a-forgotten-piece-of-netherfield-history_memory-152301, Hi, I’m doing some research for the 80th anniversary of the battle of britain in chilham and wondered if you knew of the location on the farm? And then silence …. Hi Stuart, thank you for your comment. No records are available. Many thanks. However, there are 12 volumes, so without the date it would mean trawling through all of them, page by page! J. Luksch, Uff F Kuttner and Uff Driessen. Thank you . Hi Ken, here is your photo about which other people might be able to advise further. I seem to remember that there were about 370 men lost in crashes from RAF Lossie, Does anybody have any details of Halifax DK 192 that crashed at Garrowby Hill on 7th Feb 1944, http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hodson-alfred.html, Hi everyone. I clearly recall that the crash site was close to the road at Saddlescombe, facing the deep Devils Dyke valley and the hill beyond. It is said a Luftwaffe aircraft, said to be a Dornier, crashed near (in a field behind, so very close) the village during WW2. Many thanks for that info, Simon. I have spoken to the daughter of the Rev’d Chittenden who was Rector here during and after the war, and she remembers something about some German airmen being buried here. God almighty, there was a lot of German aircraft lost that day (32) and in that raid alone as you say! who stood staring at the gathered crowd and the crowd staring back. That’s interesting about the widow. 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. Simon, it occurred to me that, if Litlington Parish records are separately identified in ‘The Keep’archive that is mentioned in his reply, since Litlington is such a small parish, it might not be too hard to single out those German interments. Those who were resident in the village at that time were only children, and there is no longer anyone living here who was an adult in 1952. Thank you very much for that! I am aware that a dig was carried out there some years ago so hopefully the nearby farm will know more about it. Peter Ayerst survived eight years as a fighter pilot and wing commander with the Royal Air Force throughout the Second World War and he died peacefully in May 2014. It was probably aluminum because we were able to lift and turn it over, but it was too big for us to cart away if we had wanted to for examination by experts. I believe on 23rd Sept 1940 the Luftwaffe sent over 200 ME109’s in the morning, that were intercepted by various Hurricanes & Spitfires. Interesting to read of your dad’s memories of this crash. I can provide you with many details of Pilot HELMUT GALL! H. Schmid See Blitz Then & Now Volume 1 p315.”. Hi Roy, I will take a look in the books I have, though unfortunately those detailing Luftwaffe crash sites mostly cover the earlier war years. Lamberti, Feldwebelz Raab. Hi Martin, it is not a crash site I have visited – but maybe I need to, was not aware of it! She says she does not know where in the churchyard this was. The aircraft was a Bf110D-0 Wn.3373 S9+BH and it crashed on Friday 6 September 1940 at Flow Meadow, Foyle Farm, Crowhurst at 0915 hours. Very interesting stuff. Less understandable is the practice of pinching stuff now and selling it on e-bay. But anyway it is on the corner of Back Street and St Peter’s Close in the village. But there are similar stories relating to the air raids on Nottingham of 8/9 May 1941 which is interesting. All five crewmen were killed and now lie in the Cannock Chase German cemetery. In 1952, the Coast Guard built a LORAN navigation beacon tower on the island, along with a 20 man supporting facility. http://aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-5/styled-10/styled-269/index.html, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16997728, Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology, All photos and text are © aircrashsites.co.uk unless otherwise stated. The bomber crashed on the edge of RAF Kenley and it’s hardly likely that the remains would have been transported all that distance to Litlington. I could copy across some photos if you think this is the one? That’s recently been made into the memorial mentioned above. Hi Barry, many thanks for making contact. Or you could ask at the Holmes Chapel local history group or put a post on the RAF Commands Forum; the group members there may be able to help? He lists a specific V1 downed in Mountfield on 17/6/44 23.58hrs Southover Estate – Cottage demolished 2 seriously injured 3 lightly. Dear Simon According to the caption, from German sources, they were on their way to bomb RAF Kenley. He says the crash site presents a “large discoloured patch of soil” following the fire as the Wellington was still carrying its bombs, apparently? 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. Ian. Ian. Hi Geoff, have you seen this? Says the aircraft crashed on fire and was completely smashed. Fantastic. Best wishes http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-15/styled-18/styled-67/index.html. Also has portraits of both crew. 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 there’s lots of evil Yorkist Neville references. But I will get back to you about this paricular crash site. Comment document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a8516b7e65e94f9e6adc65204b566522" );document.getElementById("e8d9b42ed9").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The farm I think is a private residence now no longer working and looks very affluent with tennis courts and such so I’ll probably post a letter first before turning up and doffing my cap. 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”. With all best regards. 60024/4 BO Oberlt Max-Dankwart BIRKENSTOCK 16.12.15 Neustettin, Stettin Hiim looking for the exact location crash site of Stirling Lk116. As well as some other things he took the engine block number & a number plate from the fuselage. He provides a rough grid reference for the crash site; NY521371. Apparently it crashed just North of the Main Railway line to the east of Westbury Station Not far off the Ham road. I live in the USA these days but my hometown was Eastbourne, which got badly damaged by bombing. I have visited here as many Battle of Britain German airmen are buried there alongside hundreds of others. Sometimes human remains were left (but not buried) at crash sites where the impact caused such trauma that the human remains were hard to identify and were impossible to recover. It crashed by the river chelmer great dunmow 20/3/1945. Looking for information on Sergeant Walter Thompson service number 1066764 died 5th June 1942 buried in Bergen General Cemetery. I’m struggling. Both survived the war and were decorated. I haven’t much info, but do you have a copy of Michael J Hurst’s book on Lake District air crashes? Regards. I have a couple of photos from a book which I can share with you, plus some details of the crew and their mission and the crash if it sounds like the right one? It must have belly-anded somewhere south of Winchester and was probably a prototype that flew from Supermarines at Eastleigh airport near Southampton. Main thing I know of Croydon was the KLM air disaster. My father was a POW in Canada with Helmut Gall. Will reply as soon as poss. Regards to your Dad. There was also a He111 that came down at Ewes Bottom, Patcham near to Saddlescombe on 8 May 42. Hi i am looking for information about a aircraft accident ( service record) at netheravon on the 17/11/1942 . It’s a pity I can’t remember where exactly it was shot down as this might help. For 12 years or so I lived right next door to the little hamlet of Hammerwood and never knew of the crash! Thanks Ian, yep Keep it Uryens catches a few people out. Can anyone identify this crash and help us find more information or records to put on display in the village? Though there are others, e.g. I found Petersen’s Cannock Chase record but don’t know anything about the rest of his crew. Thank you for that info. It’s amazing what’s on our doorstep without us realising it! If that piece of metal was from the 410, it might have been ejected a considerable distance by the explosion. Half a dozen 109’s shot down in the area on this day I don’t suppose you ever visited that part of the country? He said he & a friend, both in the army were having dinner together when they heard the plane was in trouble, they looked up the road as it hit the steeple of a church, they raced up to where the plane was on fire in a field & managed to get the pilot out! Registration No L6290. The next day, the RAF and the local civil authorities came to his school and asked the kids to bring back what they had collected. They looked quite odd, laid out alongside all those ancient, moldering gravestones. What great work being done here. 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 Willingdon and Hampden Park are just a bit north of Langney. There is a photo of the wreck on the Web. Cannock Chase was selected as the German Military Cemetary as the terrain most features German “splinter” countryside (also why their aircraft are camouflaged in such a way as oppose the RAF’s more wavy British lines. Good luck with the search on the ground, be interested to see if you locate any signal patterns with a metal detector sweep. He was driving an open-topped Mercedes & was struck on the head by a gas bottle, whether full or empty is not recorded. on April 3 1945. Do take a look at the comments section, there is quite a lot of info people have added about air crashes in the area (link below). The aircraft came down at Blatchington Golf Course and the crew survived – except one who had bailed out. I’m waiting for more information from Ian re this topic. His name is listed in the GPC book. There were so many terrible tragedies during those months… I could not believe my eyes at some of the ‘acounts’ of the battle that I saw at the Museum… at ” Hawkinge ” Lastly my Friend who accompanied me Think’s that he saw the Engine on display of the plane that had shot the bf109 down which had itself been attacked four days later over kent and come down taking a young British Pilot to his death … How sad that – if so – Both Engins of both planes sit close to each other at the Battle of Britain Museum todaay 75 years on.. Kind regards Ray Hill. operation and because of low cloud base forced the aircraft to fly very low over the German and The Do-17 flown by Feldwebel Johannes Petersen was hit by a strange rocket/cable/parachute airfield-defense contraption, launched by Aircraftman D. 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