This incident (16 Aug 1940) is quite well documented with lots of the usual photo’s of the wreckage including one with a photographer Harry Deal posing alongside it. He thinks it was the winter of 1940 as was very wet and muddy. If this does not sound right, do you have an idea as to the date? I am looking for information on a tragic double Halifax collision on 21st August 1944 over the skies of Birkin, North Yorkshire. The aircraft left Valenciennes at 0830, landed at Calais – Marck then took off again at 0910 to attack the Vickers factory at Weybridge with seven other aircraft. Simon. I don’t know of that one sorry, but maybe someone else on here might be able to provide some infor for you. Is there anywhere that I could go online using the aircraft info I have to get some answers? If you wanted to send me an email to jroy1e@me.com &/or WhatsApp me on +44 (0)7753252946 I can then send you what I have. I can send image of this if you can get me an email address. There was a coastguard cottage on the west bank of Cuckmere Haven and Observer Corps posts to the east on the Downs, overlooking the Channel and the raiders seem to have flown parallel to the Seven Sisters as they made their way to what surely must have been their starting point for the final leg to Kenley, roughly north of Cuckmere Haven. Happily most people just take photos. Will take a look next week. She said the broken plane was taken away on lorries. The aircraft was spread over a wide area as were the crew who were subsequently buried in Bear’s rd cemetery. Any information please, his family are trying to find out about it. Anyone interested in this story can find the pictures and info on pages 614 616 and 617 of the (Battle of Britain then and now book) Also a photo of the wreckage and photo of pilot. Thanks again. Many Thanks He provides a rough grid reference for the crash site; NY521371. Kind regards, Terry. 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). At the Heart of Aviation Heritage. I am trying to find any information on a german plane that crashed on Combe Hill, Berkshire. Hi Barry, many thanks for making contact. Hi, I have only just seen this thread, my parents lived at Dunkirk during WW2 and as a child I played on the remains of a shot down plane until I took home some bullets I found which resulted in the site being cleared. Thanks for your reply D B. Since the dates of the deaths of all four airmen were the same, I assumed that they were from just one aircraft. Lots of “Queen Marys” (long low-loaders) with bits and pieces aircraft on them ( I once saw a very flash, brand new Spitfire of a very late mark, on one. I would really appreciate any information you have on John, his daughter and/or the crash. POWs? I have shown some photos of possibley that aircraft. For years there was some kind of wreck lying among the rocks, but we never were able to identify it. I don’t recall seeing any markings. and again I would love to find out more although as it blew up mid flight the debris landed all over the place with no discernible crater I suspect. Ian. Quite a few bits and pieces of chewed up metal were sold on a few auction sites a few years ago claiming to be relics from this crash. so I mention the village is not so far from the Leicestershire border ain case some mistake was make in records. I do not know if the site I visited was called Poynings Spring. Thanks Beth. Approximate location, date such as time of year, the name of the pilot, anything from memory such as stories you heard from your father or other family – anything like that could help enormously. 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. I knew Helmut’s daughter and corresponded with her. It was a Canadian pilot Spitfire K4164, flown by Polish Pilot Officer Roman Suwalski, crashed in Bees Nursery, Chester on 26th Jan 1942 due to mid-air collision, thought to be in bad visibility. 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 Ernst’s account of it. With all best regards. There is a photo of Gefr Becker and the photo you mention? 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. The thing that I remember very clearly was the smell of rotting flesh – the little grey strips hanging from the bushes round the site. I went home to UK after 35 years in Australia and noted a grave site at St Pauls Church Hooton. Crash site of German Heinkel bomber from the 6th Staffel KG55 (greif) shot down by a Defiant night fighter from 96 Squadron RAF Wrexham night 7/8 5/1941 whilst raiding Liverpool.”. I did wonder if stories might be getting mixed up over time? not a lot of info on the crew on Lufftwafe sites ,Hope your well. 2 Killed Including Russell Charles Denny from Western Australia. It will still be in their den I suppose! There is a strange symmetry with some of this story as I also lived in Croydon before moving here. I believe I gave my website before, but just in case here it is again! E. Zuch I thought I’d ask here as apparently the crash is mentioned in Vol 2 Luftwaffe Crash Archives as well as Andy Saunders “Finding the Foe” (Chapter 8), 60024/67 FF Obergefr Gerhard FREUDE 14.10.18 Koslitz, Luben Local school children, including my 14 year old day, heard of the crash and were soon on it the next morning. It was quite successful: 10 Hurricanes destroyed, including 2 shot down; hangars damaged; airfield OOA for 2 hours. Sgt. 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. Schoolkids were reportedly on site at the time taking souvenirs. I know 96 Squadron where flying the Boulton Paul defiant in 1941 and KG55 moved to the Russian Front not long after May 1941, so what was the plane that crashed in Wrexham as indicated, any ideas. Knowing that a young pilot was laying just below my feet in his grave , He lay there until 1977 when he and his plane were dug up. Hi Ken, here is your photo about which other people might be able to advise further. I believe all crew bailed out but if anyone has information I’d be grateful to receive it. Before they were captured the German aircrew had time to set explosives within their aircraft which then detonated destroying the front part of the Heinkel, leaving only the tail and a small amount of the fuselage intact. Hi can anyone give me information on Russell Charles Denny ? Would love to spend some time in Kent and Sussex again, so much if interest down there for middle-aged anoraks like me. Through a Danish WW2 history buff I found the location of the farmers field where the crew crash landed. I remember visiting the he 111 on Cairnsmore of fleet. 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? It was like a ghost town, since about 75% of the population had been evacuated in 1940. Yours sincerely stuart. At approximately 19:30 hours on the 14th August 1940 the German Luftwaffe Heinkel HE111P-2 was dropping its payload of bombs on the RAF training school at RAF Sealand. 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. Apparently the young man bailed out I would like to know more about this incident as I feel I have a good indication as to where the rest of this aeroplane is ! Will also look at those other resources, might be something else in one or two other books I have. I saw it when I was around 5 years old (around 1945) if memory serves me correct it looked as though it had made a wheels up landing and the propeller was well bent. By the time I got there, most of the bits of the aircraft had been removed. J. Luksch, Uff F Kuttner and Uff Driessen. The only blemish to the feat was the resultant crash landing. The R.A.F. I used to keep a diary, but am not sure if I sill have any from the War years. I have been told Walter was air crew (possibly Wellington) shot down over Holland. 60024/64 BF Uffz Rudolf SCHULZE 29.9.19 Liegnitz Hi – I am trying to find the location and the type of plane in which W/O Robert L. Double DFM., aged just 22, was killed on May 18th 1944. Pilot Fl.Lt. Maybe it was a Wellington, or a Whitley bomber. Sorry, I have not been able to identify this crash, I’m afraid. Has anyone heard or know of a Second World War crash site of s barman plane, school children now in their 90s can remember making items from the Perspex canopy but the exact crash site is a little blurred with time and did the pilot survive or is he still in the plane ? I’ve now taken pictures of my own, how do I upload to the site? Cees Waardenburg, DFC, and Gunner FO Harry Payne were only men aboard, up from Dunsfold, and both killed. This mechanism had composition (not metal) teeth and incorporated a condenser marked Germany on it.This aircraft crashed on a farm near Honiton, Devonshire in 1940/41 I believe while minelaying I read about this many years in a book in a public library.Have you any information on this? It’s amazing what’s on our doorstep without us realising it! However, one local source mentions a possible plane crash so it seems worth following up…..thanks in advance for any help or advice- PD. My father wrote an account of the Dornier crash in Laindon which he witnessed as a small boy. link, Photo of Ofw Herman Platt who died near Litlington when his parachute failed to open, Map showing the golf course, Rathfinny Farm and Litlington. At present, have no details as to year/date of crash, aircraft type,unit or no of crew/casualties, so this may be a ‘non-starter’ best consigned to realms of rumour. There were at least four aircraft in the formation and I have to wonder how they could manage to attack Kenley in broad daylight and not suffer at least one shot down. Sorry report isn’t that clear but can’t identify it from your site info, http://www.mapperleyhistory.com/History_Pages/Wellington-Dedication-A5.html. Many thanks. Does anyone have any information about the crash or where I might find out more info about it or any othe rlcoal crashes that he recalls? Hi, I was at Goudhurst earlier today with my father. His ME 109 was engaged by RAF planes over the Thames and damaged badly, From what happened after that encounter we can only guess that the pilot was trying to control his stricken plane but lost control and plummeted to the ground in front of my mother At Hurst Farm Chilham Kent. I know that it crashed close to a Canadian Army vehicle park which I have since found. He worked in the sand and gravel pit where it we discovered it. O’Brien and Pilot Officer R.F.T. If they avoided discovery one wonders where those souvenirs are today!” Now I’m wondering………. I no longer have any family members who can remember. It’s the writing in the middle of the back that I cannot identify. The crash was at Blewbury Hill Didcot. 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 saw the crash which was caused by the Waco on tow getting out of position and pulling the tail of the tug to starboard. There was also a Tempest and a Typhoon crashing at Netherfield. Three Hurricanes then came up from the southwards and gave the German two or three bursts of fire and he fell into the sea. Will have a look at what I have and let you know if I find anything James. Hope this helps a bit ….Keith Williams. Apparently two Lancasters, ME323 and PB476 of 12 Squadron were on training flights when shot down by Luftwaffe Junkers 88s. Registration No L6290. I only ask as our house in Burgoyne road was flattened by a rogue bomb in 1940 killing the family inside. So wonder if you might be able to assist. Ian. I’ve not been able to find much else out about the incident andvthe family has no pictures of Sgt H M Holmes. 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. Cheers, Bob Doe is reported as saying the crash site was strewn with blood stained bandages. The fact that I help harvest for an award winning local vineyard has absolutely nothing to do with it……….ahem. I was 8 years old when WWII ended in Europe. My mother knew Helmut’s future wife Crystal. They probably struck north when they got to Cuckmere Haven, perhaps using the river as an initial navigational aid. I wonder if the 410 was carrying bombs that caused such an explosion. Apparently it crashed just North of the Main Railway line to the east of Westbury Station Not far off the Ham road. There was a German aircraft, 109 (I think) that was in a school playing field in Edmonton, North London. Hi could you give me any info on this crash site iam a relative of Flight Sergeant Valencia. It is said a Luftwaffe aircraft, said to be a Dornier, crashed near (in a field behind, so very close) the village during WW2. Under a crash program ordered by Stalin, development began in 1951, first guided launch was in 1953, and by 1956, 2,640 launchers were deployed in defense of Moscow. Do you know of an aircrash or have a photograph of which I witnessed as a 4 year old at Cairnbulg It occured at the beginning of the aerodrome near where we were staying about 1944 I think it was a spitfire and the trainee pilot had come in too low and his rear wheel caught on the railway fence. 8/JG26 9+1 Biddenden pilot Fw Gerhard Grsymalla According to the caption, from German sources, they were on their way to bomb RAF Kenley. I would like to see the book you mention. my Father has a photo of himself standing on the tail of that aircraft as well. David White. If they took the engines, hopefully they went to a museum, maybe the Wings Museum? Most farmers are very helpful, I find knocking on doors particularly useful, people often have photos or the odd chunk of debris and are more than willing to talk about it, even if they don’t recall it themselves, the story is often passed down. I live in the USA these days but my hometown was Eastbourne, which got badly damaged by bombing. 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. They were later identified as Flying Officer Thomas and his crew who were overdue from a cross country navigation exercise.”. We were also under the flight path of Doodle Bug alley. Yes, I expect the bodies of the crewmen are now at Cannock Chase. Lamberti, Feldwebelz Raab. I will take a look but it’s not my neck of the woods really. When Cannock Chase was set up, Alfred was removed, as were these 4, now buried in Block 9 Grave 48 as Unknown Germans killed 22nd August (actually the date of burial in Chartham) and NOT 21st August. Unfortunately I am not sure of the date. This has taken nearly 18 months and was a challenge to say the least compared to the other German crash in the Parish. What’s just as strangely coincidental looking at your website is that I was born in Bury and have also been to Berlin before the Wall came down where I took lots of photo’s of Die Mauer, Checkpoint Charlie and had a great time with my Dad goon baiting the East Germans in their towers. Hi David, I will take a look when get chance (busy this weekend) but will get back to you in a couple of days, see if I can find anything that might jog your memory! Would anyone know if the original group changed their name and if there is still a display? Does anyone out there know? Gefreiter Franz Becker all missing. 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. Michael. Crashed Great Dunmow En route to RAF Witchford. over the years think of them when i walk that way . Thats why I’m interested as dad recalls only the wings were removed the vast majority we think is still under the clay. Great that you are helping John Hargreave’s daughter with finding info on 44 squadron and Lamsdorf. The fact that those young men all died on the same date suggest otherwise. The aircraft crashed ten minutes later in the circuit of Enstone airfield, at Hookerswell Farm on south-east side of Little Tew”. I also am hoping to see the Sound Mirrors on the Sussex coast at some time which I thought were unique until I came across your photo’s. She says she does not know where in the churchyard this was. Hi Martin, it is not a crash site I have visited – but maybe I need to, was not aware of it! 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. At the moment though I’m focussed on more recent events. 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! He had survived many missions over Germany and Occupied Europe but apparently was killed while doing some training flights, possibly in the Salop area. I like Nigel Parker’s series, have them all. Many Thanks! 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. The smell of rotting human flesh drove us away pretty quickly. Ewe(s) Bottom near Patcham I believe is less than a mile east-south-east of Saddlescombe, the rural area bordered by the A23 & A27, accessible from Braypool Lane. Maybe they were Navy Kriegsmarine personnel washed ashore? Elliott's Yard, Ontario in 1993 The Softskin Forum. At that time I knew I didn't have any spare cash for a restoration project so just asked to be allowed a "look-see" and they were accommodating. The County Records Office will have a more exact full list, There are also a series of books by Burgess and Saunders focussing on Sussex air war events of WW2 Required fields are marked *. I found a reference which seemed to match what you are looking for – but then realised it is a piece written by you some years ago in a local newspaper! Can anyone identify this crash and help us find more information or records to put on display in the village? Being a native from your neck of the woods I appreciate that effort. Hi John, interesting memoir, where was this, where is Mount Field? They did wonder why Combe,a tiny tiny village had the occasional bomb dropped. Are there any maps that would pinpoint it clearer? Looking at a very old ordnance survey map ‘183 Eastbourne’ the map reference for the mine would be 718194 -not sure what an up to date map reference number would be though. Three other crew members all landed safely on fields below Cradle Hill near Rathfinny Farm, plane crashed near Seaford. Three months after his crash the plane was withdrawn from service. Hi Paul Marshall, Thank You. Almost every street seemed to have bomb damage. Can you tell me if Lancaster ED548 ph-1-x was recovered after the crash on 07/07/1943 at the Pow burn near Airth, 1/2 mile west of Kincardine Bridge.I live in Kincardine, my father told me as a boy of the crash.During this lockdown I have collated all the crew and their positions.Was it based at Grangemouth,did it fly from there and was an explosion the cause of the crash. The role as captain would have been particularly true in the case of a Party member. Also, I spoke with John Vardy’s daughter this afternoon, so it looks like 3 families are now joined up. Has Been a long time since reading any posts have you any photography of Mr Gall ? 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. I thought of getting in touch with the Southern Daily Echo newspaper to see if they covered fit. The crash is listed in Volume 3 of Parker’s Luftwaffe Crash Archive series (see bibliography page). My email address is now walteray.hill29@gmail.com. However, searching instead for Gefr. This one was shot down by a Beaufighter setting the countryside on fire with a spectacular light display when the high tension cables were hit. In her latest recollection she says that crowds gathered and the plane was large and one part was broken off and there were at least five or more crew, of which two were hurt, who were all taken away by soldiers. (Hurricanes possibly from MIddle Wallop?). This info led to me looking for what happened to the pilot’s body as he is not listed as being buried at Cannock Chase, as you suggest. Great film especially Helen Mirren’s armour……ahem. Then died. I googled the werk nummer but nothing leapt out. In the book ‘German Bombers Over England’, there is a fascinating photo of several Do-17s flying seemingly below cliff level, just east of Cuckmere Haven (which is very close to Litlington! Their names were Walter Hottenrott (pilot), Hermann Reese (pilot), and Paul Gotze (Observer). 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. But there are similar stories relating to the air raids on Nottingham of 8/9 May 1941 which is interesting. Halifax Bomber MKII crashed in isle of Harris on 9th April 1945 …i can find no record of this on any site ….please advise. if You want to with a Metal Detector I would like to Do a Few bomb Sites in Essex if you Wish to Take Part One at Runwell Hospital Wickford and A few at Southend.as I Can do with Someone More exp With me. I doubt it helps any but you can see if you wish. There is a small photo of the RAF navigator by the Mosquito at West Malling and one of the excavation in 1976 with the now retired navigator proudly displaying a prop unearthed. Researching a German crash from the Battle of Britain (the one at the top of this thread) I only just discovered last week that a man remembered on the war dead in the parish church is a Battle of Britain pilot. I believe the LW did utilize self sealing tanks. 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. He was originally from Stowmarket in Suffolk and I am the town’s historin trying to put a nice piece together about his short life. Status: Retired. Parker provides a portrait of the pilot, Unteroffizier Gerhard Rüger and a poor quality photo of S9+BH in formation with other 110s. I have traced the family of Russell Denny and sad to say he was one of two that were lost out of a crew of 4. 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