ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226996
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| Date: | Monday 7 October 1940 |
| Time: | 13:58 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./JG 51 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4853 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel south of Sandgate, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saint-Inglevert airfield, France |
Mission: Escort sortie.
Pilot: Leutnant. Erich Meyer. – Captured.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Aircrafts radiator damaged in attacks by Squadron Leader H. A. V. Hogan and Pilot Officer K. W. MacKenzie of No. 501 Squadron during return flight from escort sortie for Bf 109 (Jabos) attacking London Docks. Enemy aircraft ditched in the Channel and pilot took to his dinghy and was rescued by coastal patrol vessel and landed at Dover unhurt.
Leutnant. Meyer (Right) being congratulated by Werner Moelders.
RAF Intelligence Report A.I.(k). (NA).
Major recovery of this aircraft by the Brenzett Aeronautical Museum in 1976. Complete aircraft minus the tail section was recovered from the seabed.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless with thanks to the National Archive (Kew), Nigel Parker and the Brenzett Aeronautical Group.
Sources:
Luftwaffe losses aircrewremembrancesociety3.com
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2019 11:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jan-2020 16:56 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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