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Hope it is a Battle of Britain 109....

Posted by Elliott on Mon Aug 26, 2002 04:50:01 PM

In reply top Jagan, further on the Indian Emil... posted by Lynn on Mon Aug 26, 2002 11:32:05 AM

Amazing!! But what about the other aircraft - something from a little further afield - has it's id been published yet?

: Dave Wadman put this up over on my site The 109 Lair; Paul
: forwarded me the engine numbers as you'd found them, woul
: d you be so kind as to see if any of the info that Dave ha
: s come up with jibes with your info:
:
: __________________________________________________________
: __
: Dave Wadman
: If that 109E is 4034...........................
: Mon Aug 26 11:25:10 2002
: 24.70.25.11
:
: Some of you may find the following info of interest:
:
: W.Nr.4034 Bf109E-1 'Blk.6+' of the 8.JG/53 force landed at
: Lower Herdres, Kent on the morning of 2/11/40. The pilot,
: Fw.Xavier Ray was made P/W. Believed shot down by a Spitf
: ire of either 74 or 92 Sqn.
:
: The CEAR for this aircraft reads as follows:
:
: "Report No.3/139 Me 109 crashed on 2/11/40 at 0905hrs near
: Lower Hardres. Map reference R.5601. Markings 6+I. All in
: black outlined white. Camouflage yellow dappled green gre
: y all over. Vertical red band 10" wide round centre of eng
: ine cowling. Spinner red without usual hole at the tip. Ai
: rframe made by Focke-Wulf, Bremen in 1939. Works number 40
: 34. Engine D.B.601 Work number 10256. Made by D.B. Genshag
: en.
: Cause of crash of this aircraft is not known but pilot mad
: e very good belly landing and aircraft is practically inta
: ct. No trace of bullet strikes or engine overheating but c
: ause of landing may have been engine failure. Armament, 4
: M.G. 17s; no ammunition used. Armour: fuselage cross bulkh
: ead fitted and head protection with curved head shield. Pi
: lot prisoner."
:
: And from the interrogation report:
:
: "2/11/40 Street End, Canterbury. Fw. Xavier Ray, Me 109E,
: ?Black 6?, red spinner, yellow cowling and rudder, 8./JG 5
: 3. The mission was a free-lance patrol to the outskirts of
: London and the identity of the unit was obtained by inter
: rogation but this pilot was already known to this section
: from a combat report dated 27/9/40 in which it was claimed
: he shot down two British aircraft, the witness to this wa
: s Oblt. Fiel who himself was shot down on 2/10/40. AIK rep
: ort 680/1940. The pilot made a forced landing in a ploughe
: d field owing to engine trouble on the inward flight to Lo
: ndon. He stated that his aircraft, Works number 4034 had g
: iven trouble yesterday, and although repairs had been carr
: ied out, it was not running well when he started off today
: . He said that although his aircraft was fitted for bombin
: g he did not carry bombs and that the racks were going to
: be removed because they slowed the aircraft down. His mora
: le was high and he would say very little but is probably r
: eliable. He was extremely annoyed that his aircraft had le
: t him down."
:
: Hope that you find this of interest
:
: Dave
: _________________________________________________________
:
: One other interesting note about the above... a Messerschm
: itt made by Focke Wulf? ;)

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