Date: 26th August 1940
Time: 3.30 p.m.
Unit: 2 Staffel/Jagdgeschwader 52
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1
Werke/Nr. Unknown
Code: 2 +
Location: Sandwich Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
Pilot: Feldwebel Alfons Bacher POW
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was severely damaged in surprise attack by fighters of No.54 Squadron during free-lance sortie over Ramsgate. Crash-landed near the Club House at Sandwich Golf Club. Fw Bacher captured unhurt. (Source Das Jagdgeschwader 52 by Niko Fast)
Me 109E-1 of Alfons Bacher after collection from crash site
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