Hi Andy, Ill have a look at Parkers Luftwaffe Crash Archive and get back to you soon, unless someone else beats me to it! While it probably wont specify the farm, there may well be a photo of the crash site which will help you find the spot. I doubt it helps any but you can see if you wish. I wonder if the 410 was carrying bombs that caused such an explosion. Hi can you call me? Let me know re; the date if you have it? Thanks Simon, I had a look at your site, stared at the word KEEPITURYENS for a few seconds before realising it was Excalibur! $12.90 Kent Collectible Tobacco Cigarettes, WW2 German Photograph, Atwater Kent GB445558329. J. Koidl, http://www.ramsburyatwar.com/crashes/Ju188.htm, http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/index.php/10-themes/736-police. I found Petersens Cannock Chase record but dont know anything about the rest of his crew. At least one other Luftwaffe pilot, Alfred Hoffman was also buried here in September. Have a copy of Luftwaffe crash archive vol 2 if you need more. All the crew were ok. but, I believe, wounded. Indonesian forestry workers found the crash site in Papua in 2018. I can send image of this if you can get me an email address. My family history research had hit a brickwall but within the last few days (April 2016), a stroke of luck and a report in national newspapers of 24.03.1939 identified a RAF plane crash just before WW2 on 23.03.1939. With surviving crew taken into captivity for example the famous Haifisch/shark mouth Bf110 at Cousley Wood 4/9/40. Thank you for posting your query. WebCivil Crash Sites; Luftwaffe Crash Sites; Other air crash site photos; Other photographs and stories; Post War Crash Sites; Pre-War Crash Sites; RAF Crash Sites 1939-1942; RAF The German bomber crew were captured and held as POWs until their release and return to Germany at the end of the war. Thanks again. Fatally disabled and with no landing gear deployed the Heinkel and Spitfire passed low over the heads of spectators standing on Salisbury Street, in Shotton, Deeside. The Beaufighter that claimed the Heinkel was from 219 Sqn piloted by Sqn ldr John Groves with Fg Off Horace Walter William Berridge the air gunner. Also I think that no deliberate effort should be made to find his remains however if they are found they should be removed and given a proper burial and or a memorial with a service placed on the crash site. I went there on my bicycle with a friend a couple of days afterwards. north carolina discovery objections / jacoby ellsbury house 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?) Does anyone know of a German plane crash landing in Luton during WW2 and the crew surviving? The date of this crash is 7 September 1940 there were a great many German aircraft shot down that day. I have found a Propeller Pitch Indicator mount from a ME109 or Heinkel 110 on deenethorpe airbase which I find really odd as I am not aware of any luftwaffe planes that crashed in this area. Anthony. The fuselage of the Dornier 17 discovered during an English Heritage funded survey of the Goodwin Sands, Kent, it was raised by the RAF Museum in 2013. Webochsner obgyn residents // ww2 plane crash sites map kent. I would like to visit if possible as the incident was a major part of my fathers childhood memories. A Bf109 at Owl Castle Farm, Cousley Wood and a 20 year old rear gunner airman who baled out over Little Butts Farm Wadhurst taken into captivity on the same day, while his bomber returned to base. Ok, got it. So please bear with me. Thank you. Never again, will fly to Gatwick next time. Feel free to add your photos etc here if you wish or add a link to your page? Can anyone please help me with details of a German aircraft which is thought to have crashed East of the village of Fairwarp, East Sussex. atlanta falcons jersey number font; stephanie goff nbc reporter When the pilot clambered out of the wrecked aircraft, the farmhands rushed at him with pitchforks and when he started to play with the farmers black lab, the farmers wife, Mrs Shelmerdine called the dog away. Brill, more terrific suggestions Simon. I can provide you with many details of Pilot HELMUT GALL! In the school back yard, large aircraft-hangar-like buildings were constructed to house the fire engines and personnel. German ones late war are as expected fewer. Apparently, the fallen 110 had been misidentified at the time of it being shot down as an He-111. Hello Gerald, There is a photo of the tailplane the only recognisable part in The Blitz T&N#3. Further details are available on the gov.uk web site. There was also a Tempest and a Typhoon crashing at Netherfield. Happily most people just take photos. Also iam Curious about a Plane a Junkers 88A-5840 Which Came Down 13th August 1942 Shot Down By BS squadron Pilots Sullivan And Skeel, Freidrich was a Junkers crew Member I cant find nothing on the internet but I Have Bid on a Part from the Junkers On ebay. Brought down by a Spitfire after having dropped 6 delayed action bombs. As the wreckage was spread over a wide area it is possible that parts were discovered at Saddlescombe. Touch wood, if it exists, itll be in Parker. They probably struck north when they got to Cuckmere Haven, perhaps using the river as an initial navigational aid. This was the first example of a Junkers 88 to fall on Hertfordshire soil during World War Two. Somewhat off topic, Rathfinny farm is now the location of one of the largest vineyards in the country. I was told exactly where it crashed but that was over 25yrs ago & I was in a pub at the time lol. This page has a couple of images of what this Bf110 probably looked like the camo pattern is similar to the one in the grainy image of the aircraft in Parker and this is the same model, the variant having a larger capacity fuel tank. Hi Simon, Attacked by three Hurricanes, Uffz Rger turned for home but was shot down. I note you said you went there on you bicycle and found a few bits of twisted metal. WebWW2 aircraft crash sites Nearly 200 identified! Give me a shout next time you are in my neck of the woods and Ill be happy to show you a few places where the Iron Crosses grow. By using Google maps we were able to identify his evacuation town as Bleanau Ffestiniog, where he stayed with the family of a Welsh international footballer (name unknown) who played for Liverpool. WebHere, a party from 49 MU drags sections of a crashed aircraft across a Kent hop field. 23/2/44 Ju188 at Framfield As such, he remains oficially missing. 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. Webreimo thermal screens. Bob Doe is reported as saying the crash site was strewn with blood stained bandages. Thank you so much. Was the crash at Laindon or somewhere in Basildon or at Southend? I am aware that a dig was carried out there some years ago so hopefully the nearby farm will know more about it. Regards to your Dad. Hi Simon, I will take this conversation onto e-mail you, will drop you a line tonight or tomorrow with what I have. During the war my dad was evacuated from Liverpool (Anfield) to Wales as a seven year old. Parker says the unit was identified from an ID disc and that the remains of the airmen are reported to have been removed from the site of the crash immediately after the event, but their subsequent fate is an enduring mystery. Also mentions the monument erected in 1951. 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 ??? my memory is a bit foggy now but I think maybe similar to a Me 110. Thursday October 3rd 1940. Oberlt H. Becker-Ross, Oberfw G. Bruckner, Fw A. Hansen and Fw W. Brinkmann were all killed and their unidentified remains were buried in All Saints Churchyard, Staplehurst. 
Hi Kevin will take a look and get back to you in a couple of days if no-one else does. (Hurricanes possibly from MIddle Wallop?). When calls to action occurred, our teachers allowed us kids to rush to the windows to watch the engines race out of those hangars. Hi John, interesting memoir, where was this, where is Mount Field? The story is a Dornier crashed there, on Sept 15th 1940, a busy day in the skies above my house! She recalls the crew wearing flying suites with flying helmets, with emblems on or near their collars. Ive never been able to find photos of the crash site even though it sounds like the wreckage was strewn around. The smell of rotting human flesh drove us away pretty quickly. Thanks Michael, i lived in mount field and worked at the gypsum mines where a he111 crashed are there any photos of this crash which was unusual as the plane appeared to have dropped out of the sky as no trees were damaged at rear of plane and engines indentations looked as though it was nearly 45 degrees as a 14 year old mates and self collected loads of 300 bullets and other pieces also the name plate was in the fitting shop on a board with tools seem to remember made in rostock was on this plate 1 crew bailed out and found next morning in beech tree by the cleared land under power lines near the compressor house would be approx 50 yards from a/craft airman was a bit of a stroppy type but was put in his place by works foreman who so happened to be in home guard specials. German aircraft crashing in Nottinghamshire were rare (only one?) Regards. 7/JG3 3+1 Kingsdown Sth of Deal pilot Uff Karl Elbing Adam. It is said a Luftwaffe aircraft, said to be a Dornier, crashed near (in a field behind, so very close) the village during WW2. 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. 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. The plaque in East Hill, Dartford, remembers the three airmen and three residents who died on 31 July 1941. Just to add to the confusion the lake at Horsmonden was searched some years ago as it was alleged a German bomber crashed into it but nothing was ever found. In the photos you can see bits of debris hanging from the trees. By the way,ironically,the Raleigh factory was never hit but a mansion house on the outskirts of Sneinton (where my Dad and his mates played in the grounds and which had its own petrol pumps!) A Bf109 at Knowle Farm on 9/9/40. Yes thanks, Ive found out a lot of information on both aircraft from the web but its the crash location site which is causing me frustration! 2142: 3Z+DK) of 2./KG 77 on public display at Primrose Hill in London, 10 October 1940. Many Thanks! The bomber had been hit by AA fire and crash-landed on Gatwick racecourse on 30 September. A second request concerns a crash site perhaps 1 miles away at Old Surrey Hall quite close to East Grinstead where a Lancaster crashed. But it was also the catalyst to the Germans switching priorities to London from the airfields which probably led to them eventually giving up on Sealion. All four members of the bombers crew were killed and at least two of the bodies were taken to Hungerford and placed in the mortuary of the towns psychiatric hospital. The Sound Mirrors at Greatstone on Sea have always fascinated me but access is restricted. Hi Owen, Quite a bit of post WWII evidence now long gone. Anything welcome especially if any photos. None facts:- Bomber shot up crashed landed near Seaford. Living in Sussex myself I cant find any record of any buried near there now so I assume the bodies were exhumed and reinterred at the German Military Cemetery in Cannock Chase later. Hello Magaret, thank you for your story of the German fighter crash and what the pilot said to your father, Magaret, they were all young men on both sides and not all of them wanted it, its such a shame that so many died. I'd leave the trowel at home if I were you. 
Thats interesting about the widow. I suppose those young German lads either got taken back home or were interred at Cannock Chase. All the best. Says the aircraft crashed on fire and was completely smashed. I have a copy of Blitz over Sussex 1941-42 but cannot find any reference to a German aircraft crashing at Saddlescombe. I have a couple of well-illustrated Eastbourne at War books somewhere in my archives that detail WWII shootings-down. Keith, I wonder if your set of Luftwaffe crashes includes the downing of a Do-17 on Aug. 18,1940, when it was one of nine bombers attacking RAF Kenley. They did wonder why Combe,a tiny tiny village had the occasional bomb dropped. So far the Church records go, the Burials Register will record the names and details of all who were buried in the churchyard. Is there any way I can send the photograph to you for your perusal and comments. I have a wing flap off a Messasmit 109 or I believe an Avalon ! Is there anything in Vol 2 Luftwaffe crash Archives or elsewhere in your records that ties in with anything of this? Apparently the aircraft disintegrated so the debris will have been spread out over a wide area but I suspect the majority of the debris landed in one compact place. 
Hi my name is Clive Sweet. The engine now lies in the museum at Dumfries airfield. Unfortunately I have no idea about the date though I fancy it could have been early September. Has Been a long time since reading any posts have you any photography of Mr Gall ? 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. And then I saw a reference to Bury FC; I used to follow Bury home and away. I am still trying to absorb it all. Yes, I expect the bodies of the crewmen are now at Cannock Chase. Do you have the date of the crash, even an approximation? 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. There is also a map but not much use in identifiying exact locations Will take a look at what I have in my books, get back to you if I find anything. Do17Z-2 Wn3230 U5+ET is described as having been shot down at Nine Acre wood, Kilndown at 15.15 on the 15th. WebRustington (Mosquito Crash Memorial) Stoughton (Plt Off Boleslaw Wlasnowolski) Uckfield (Flt Lt Seghers) Upwaltham (Church) Upwaltham (C-47 Crash Site) Upwaltham (Lancaster Crash Site) Willingdon (B-24 Ruth-Less Crash Memorial) Worthing (49 Sqn Lancaster) OTHER SITES Chichester (Portfield Fuel Depot) Wartling (Radar Site) But, the most interesting thing to me is that it seems highly likely that the four (or was it five) graves I saw in Litlington church yard may have been those of Petersen and crew, prior to their remains being sent to Cannock. Peter pulled up just in time as the Heinkell passed under the electricity pylons there. Still watch the scores on tv, still hear myself saying, We could make the play-offs every time we win a game But got fed up with travelling all the way to Leyton Orient on a Tuesday night in Deecember for an LDV vans trophy game only to get beat 4 nil but thats football. My father was a POW in Canada with Helmut Gall. Any information would be much appreciated by a newly forming village historical group. I could copy across some photos if you think this is the one? Not a good copy, but this is a photo of the Ju88 site. He was an Observer and in the early days of WWII the Observer was often the captain of the aircraft, having been trained as a pilot. Bill C. Do you have any information about a possible crash at Easthampstead near Bracknell, Berkshire (about ten miles east of Reading)? Living in Croydon I also regularly saw Palace (even play Bury which I vowed never to do again because of split loyalties) but I havent been to see them either since moving to Rotherfield, ironic since they are currently enjoying their most successful season ever. Ju 88 shot down by two Hurricanes, resulting in its crash near Winchester, Hants, in Battle of Britain. Time and place of crash is given Kings Somborne 14:15 hrs. WebAircraft Crash Sites. Same perhaps goes for bodies washed ashore; and who would know when they died?. I just wish I had a recorder at the time. Hello again Gerald. Not sure re spitfire crash will ask my dad over the xmas period. Hi meg,I wonder if its the same incident as my father remembers ? Simon, that Me-410 you mentioned: Dave Smith, another schoolchum of mine in those days (circa 1952), and a fellow aviation enthusiast, lived in Langney, which is part of Eastbourne and on the eastern edge of the town. 23/2/44 Me410 at Halland The travelling fans were a great group and a lot of real ale drinkers so were the Camra pubs as well at places like Stockport that to be honest were never high on my must visit list. My father recalls being saved by a German plane that deliberately crashed into trees to avoid him and his friends playing in a park in Didcot, now Oxfordshire but at the time Berkshire. I also discovered that one of the first V2s fired in anger exploded over Rotherfield killing 6 rabbits! 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. However, I am not as familiar with that area as you both are, so you may rule it out immediately? 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. Hi Kay, any idea of the date, or even just the year? In an earlier recollection she focussed on just two crew (so maybe a fighter bomber or light bomber?) Your email address will not be published. I got a piece of metal with a few screws. Good afternoon, St. Fw. 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. Might you please advise me of your email address so that I can forward you a copy of the back and front of the photo. 1 other I belive was bomber pilot died when plane crashed near Seaford. Both my parents came from East Sussex farming families. One was looking for his brother Hans who was later found dead. 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. 374 shot down, more than any other District in Kent Sussex Surrey or Essex. He served in the BEF the Royal Engineers blowing up bridges during the retreat to Dunkirk. In 2015, the crash site She said the broken plane was taken away on lorries. We were also under the flight path of Doodle Bug alley. When they arrived, she was accused of fraternising with the enemy and the pilot was handled roughly. I googled the werk nummer but nothing leapt out. 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. I was after all a Boy Scout, and we were supposed always to Be Prepared! Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Great website. My Grandmother is standing by the aircraft and two children sitting on the tail-plane. 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). I wish my family had a camera. I attended Christ Church Junior School, which was housed in a large former private residence near the centre of town. A landowner in Hazel St, Horsmonden has told me he has had on more than one occasion archaeologists ask him and visit a lake on his land to find a missing German bomber (without success). 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. Like you I am in the states (Chicago) so makes it difficult to get close to the source. north carolina discovery objections / jacoby ellsbury house I was very young boy living in Oxford during the war and dont remember much except for the noise of the German bombers going over (Born 1939) and searchlights. There was one survivor, Uffz J. Sehrt. 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. Cheers Zimmermann, which crashed near Lydd in Kent on 27 October 1940. McComb, Flying Officers M.P. I did not see anything like a machine gun! From hearing the whoosh to impact took just 5 seconds. This was an RAF Wellington and 3 crewmen bailed out and parachuted safely down. Let me know if you recall any other detail? Ian. WebI can look at what German aircraft were shot down going off the maps, but as you can probably imagine, there are a lot of Luftwaffe crash sites in Kent! AIRCRAFT CRASH BRISTOL BRITTANIA. I suspect you know more than most people. Very comprehensive and well researched, good read and some excellent images as well bring it all to life. He Survived.One Crew Member May have Be mis identified. Interestingly-enough, the fifth member of the crew was a Dr. Otto Sommer, who is described on the Web as a politician (i.e member of the Nazi Party). I was wondering if anyone has any old maps of the hospital, or more importantly a crash site identification of the area in question. However, there are 12 volumes, so without the date it would mean trawling through all of them, page by page! 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. I will search to see if I can find any photos of the crew. Hi Steve, without looking in detail, I havent anything more than Parkers entry in Luftwaffe Crash Archive Vol 2 do you already have a copy of this book? He worked in the sand and gravel pit where it we discovered it. Im visiting him for xmas so will try and get more info from him. Maybe someone might see this and get in touch if they have any info. The German pilot and at least one other member of his crew had been killed by machine gun fire from the Mosquito. Dear Ian, If that piece of metal was from the 410, it might have been ejected a considerable distance by the explosion. Ernst, I found this (the source of the portrait above) which refers to the information you had about the burial of the pliot, plus gives the details of the RAF airmen responsible for shooting down the German aircraft and Gefr Ernsts account of it. So many stories from the long-running war. Hi David, do you know the date it happened? 
I think the caption on the photo said those bombers were on the way to attack RAF Kenley. 
There was an air crash in Wilford on 12 August 1944. Webochsner obgyn residents // ww2 plane crash sites map kent. 42-31510, WA-D Afferden - Limburg Memorials Crash B-17-G Westzaanstraat Amsterdam Amsterdam - North Interviews, WW2 By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by Anthony Rogers A heavily bomb-damaged street in Valletta, Malta. With all best regards. 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. Hats off to Ian for making the initial suggestion. However, looking at Nigel Parkers recent archive series there is also no mention of any German aircraft crashing in May July 1941 in Nottinghamshire and these records are the best available. I would love to see it. I saw the plane come from the north, said Mr. Harrison in an interview. It seemed to be crippled and was flying very low. Serial number of the plane and individual code (B3+?H) is not known, but if parts of it can be found, there is always chance serial might be found on a component or a part plate. Taking a route up past Lands End, the aircraft was shot down by Wing Commander E. C. Wolfe (CO of 456 Squadron at RAF Valley) in a Beaufighter and the aircraft dived onto the beach near Pwllheli gof course, 100 yeards below the high water mark. One member of the crew bailed out over Alfriston, his parachute failed to open, and he hit the hill above Cradle Valley. JG3 in the English Channel pilot Hptm Willi Hopp The interactive map shows where every bomb landed, from the first to hit the And there is a reference to a German aircraft being shot down in the sea at Seaford but not found anything yet matching your description. My grandfather worked with him on the shipyards in Liverpool. Because whatever we may think of the Luftwaffe and the terrible havoc that they rained down on us he was still some mothers son who never came home. I have found another portrait online, slightly better quality. My mother knew Helmuts future wife Crystal. Near to Devils Dyke where a Spit also crashed, the pilot successfully baling out. Ju crew survived a good belly landing a few miles to the east, south-east of Winchester. A photo therein is of at least 4 Do-!7s flying very low over the sea, close to the Seven Sisters (South Downs). Ian. Hi Guys.. Stuart. I can only find one reference which may help you but it is with regards a single crewman. The 190 impacted in a ditch, not too far from where we lived in Hampden Park (also part of Eastbourne). I only have volume 2 and I can find no one of that name, including phonetic variations. It was published in 1994 and states that parts of the aircraft are/were still being discovered in the fields and hedgerows where the bomber crashed even then. If you can get hold of the civil defence diary they might be able to shed some light on it. Not being familiar with the area, I had a map centred on the villages in the area. Would anyone know if the original group changed their name and if there is still a display? I was introduced to the Gall family as a teenager. Many thanks for your helpful reply. Does anyone have any information and/or a photo of The Dornier Do 17Z (2504) which crashed at Hurst Green in Surrey on August 18th 1940. Many thanks. I have a photograph of a German aircraft which apparently crashed in Sunbury UK WW2. Lamberti, Feldwebelz Raab. Discover and use our high-quality applied research to support the protection and management of the historic environment. Nothing in my other books. There is a photo of Gefr Becker and the photo you mention? One candidate could be Fw Walter Richter who was the Beobachter (Observer) on He111P-4 Wn 3107 G1+PL which crashed at Underwood House, Etchingham, East Sussex at 18:05 on 22 December 1940. See our extensive range of expert advice to help you care for and protect historic places. I remember my mum telling me the story that on that night she decided not to go into the air raid shelter but instead hid under her bed. Im new to these sites but wonder if anyone can help me. 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. Piloted aircraft in London raids: HO 193/1-11, HO 193/15-40 and HO 193/84-87; Piloted aircraft in provincial raids: HO 193/55-67 and HO 193/73-81; I have read that the battery shot the tail of a Dornier, which crashed not far away in Walderslade. 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