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| Date: | Thursday 15 August 1940 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 87B-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab 10./IV./LG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | L1 + EV ? |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shorncliffe Crescent, Folkestone-Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hesdin, France |
Stab 10/IV./LG 1. Flown by Uffz.Hermann Weber. Shot down by AAA over Folkestone area . Crash into houses at Shorncliffe Crescent, Folkestone-Kent. Uffz.Hermann Weber and radio/gunner Franz Henrich Kraus killed.
Sources:
http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0028.html
http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-15/styled-17/styled-259/index.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2015 07:22 | Daniel Nole | Added |
| 29-Sep-2015 07:58 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Sep-2015 16:32 | sandman56 | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 10-Dec-2019 20:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 04-Jan-2020 20:14 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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