REASON FOR LOSS:

After an uneventful Wilde Sau Operation over Northern France, made a wheels down landing after pilot thought he was landing at a German airfield and was surprised to find he was in England.

Markings: 16 in white followed by a 2 ft. wide brown band. Call sign NS+FE. Maker mcu. The aircraft was painted grey all over with khaki and blue mottling on the upper surfaces. The spinner was painted alternate black and white spirals.

Engine: DB 605 A-1, works no. 007/07111, maker hsq.

Armament: one MG 151/20 firing through propeller hub, two MG 151/20 in under wing gondolas, two MG 131 over engine.

Equipment. Revi 16 B gunsight. FuG 16Z and FuG 25A wireless fitted. For the first time in a fighter ultra-violet cockpit lighting installation was found. A 66 gallon jettisonable fuel tank was carried on the fuselage bomb rack.

This airman had twenty-five War Flights to his credit.

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 (White 16) pictured at Manston, England (IWM)

Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless with thanks to Nigel Parker and Imperial War Museum, November 2013.