Mission: Attack on England.
Date: 18th August 1940
Time: 13.40 hours.
Unit: 6 Staffel./Zerstoerergeschwader 26
Type: Messerschmitt Me 110C
Werke Nr. 3060
Coded: 3U + IP
Location: Pluckley, near Charing, Kent, England.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel. Adolf Kiefel. – Killed.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Josef Hemmersbach. – Killed.
Date: 18th August 1940
Time: 13.40 hours.
Unit: 6 Staffel./Zerstoerergeschwader 26
Type: Messerschmitt Me 110C
Werke Nr. 3060
Coded: 3U + IP
Location: Pluckley, near Charing, Kent, England.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel. Adolf Kiefel. – Killed.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Josef Hemmersbach. – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down by Sergeant P.E.M. Robinson in a Hurricane fighter of No. 56 Squadron during a bomber escort sortie. Enemy aircraft crashed into the ground inverted and burnt out. Manufactured by M.t.t.ag.
Engines: DB 601. Markings: I in yellow. Armament: four MG 17, two 20 mm cannon, one MG 15 aft.
Note: 17.06.1941 No. 56 Squadron R.A.F. Hurricane II Z2812 P/O Robinson, killed.
Location: in English Channel. Loss can be found Here.
The victor, Sgt. Peter Robinson. (ARS).
Crash site under investigation in 1940
Note the badly burnt centre section.
Burial detail:
Both Germans that were killed in the crash now rest at the German Military Cemetery at Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England. Block 1 Graves 168 & 169.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless with special thanks to Nigel Parker.
