Date: 30th August 1940
Time: 11.12 a.m.
Unit: 10 Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 1
Type: Heinkel He 111H-2
Werke/Nr. 2720
Code: V4 + BV
Location: Swires Farm, Capel, Surrey.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel Waldemar Hornig Killed (Born 01.12.1913.)
Observer: Feldwebel Guenter Stahlberg Killed (Born 15.11.1911.)
Radio/Op: Gefreiter Dr. Karl Heimel Killed (Born 15.01.1917.)
F/Eng: Hauptmann Baess Severely wounded
Gunner : Oberleutnant Foelisch Captured POW
REASON FOR LOSS:
This crew were briefed to attack Farnborough aerodrome, during the sortie their aircraft was rammed by a Hurricane flown by P/O Morris of No.79 Squadron over Reigate, Surrey. The Heinkel crashed and later exploded. Aircraft wrecked.
A.I.2.(g) Reported:
He 111 crashed at Holmwood, near Capel, Surrey, on the 30.08.40. Aircraft completely destroyed, and as far as it is possible to ascertain, it is a standard aircraft.
Soldiers with part of the main wing of He 111 V4 + BV
Burial details:
Those who lost their lives were originally buried in Dorking Cemetery, since reinterred at the Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof, Cannock Chase, Block 1 Graves 430, 429, 428.
