Date: 28th August 1940
Time: 4.55 p.m.
Unit: 7 Staffel/Jagdgeschwader 51
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4
Werke/Nr. 1523
Coded: 14 +
Location: Garden Wood, Poulton Farm, South Alkham, 5 miles NE of Folkestone. England
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel Artur Dau 53528/ POW
REASON FOR LOSS:
Shot down in combat possibly the victim of the guns of S/L Peter Townsend.
Crash site excavated by the Brenzett Aeronautical Museum in 1974. Daimler-Benz DB601 engine recovered together with undercarriage, tail wheel and a pair of Luftwaffe flying boots from storage locker. Also investigated by Steve Vizard who recovered many items including a plate inscribed Bf 109.
CRASHED ENEMY AIRCRAFT:
Me 109E crashed at Alkham between Folkestone and Dover on the 28/8 at 16.55 hours. Cause of crash due to fighter action, aircraft dived into the ground on fire and was totally destroyed. No markings visible.
Fuselage plate shows constructed by Erla 8/109/38. 51021-9.
Research:
A.I.2.(g) Report No. 3/49/1940
Photo of pilot after capture
Oberfedwebel Artur Dau shortly after capture
Burial detail:
None captured unwounded POW
