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Date: | Monday 2 September 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 |
Owner/operator: | I./ 3 JG 53 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | Yellow 10 |
MSN: | 3494 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Boulogne -
France
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Neuville airfield |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:I./ 3 JG 53. Flown by Uffz.Heinrich Leschert. Damaged by British fighters at the southeast of England. Made emergency crash landing at Boulogne and 50% damaged. Pilot wounded.
Sources:
http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0028.html Datenbank der Deutschen Luftwaffe
http://aircrewremembrancesociety.com/Kracker/KrackerArchive.html J. Prien, Jagdeschwader 53, Vol. 1: March 1937 - May 1942 (Schiffer) 2004. p.271.
Francis K. Mason, Battle over Britain, Ed. Martin Windrow, 1969. p.342
W. G. Ramsey, Battle of Britain then and now, London Putnam (1987). p.617
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jul-2015 15:42 |
Daniel Nole |
Added |
01-Sep-2018 08:02 |
Freddy |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
02-May-2019 06:56 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |