Date: 18th August 1940
Time: 1.40 p.m.
Unit: 6 Staffel/Zerstoerergeschwader 26
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 110C
Werke/Nr. 3060
Code: 3U + IP
Location: Pluckley, Kent. England
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel Adolf Kiefel Killed
Gunner : Unteroffizier Josef Hemmersbach Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down following combat with Sgt Robinson of No.56 Squadron. Crashed and burnt out at Pluckley.
(See R.A.F. losses: 17.06.41 Hurricane II Serial Z2812 P/O Robinson).
The inverted wreck of Ofw Kiefel's Me 110 at Pluckley
Burial details:
Both lie at the Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase, Staffs.
Kiefel. Block 1, Grave 168 and Hemmersbach. Block 1, Grave 169.
