Date: 15th August 1940 (Thursday)
Time: 18.50hrs.
Unit: Stab./Erprobungs Gruppe 210
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 110D
Werke/Nr. 3339
Code: S9 + CB
Location: School Farm, Hooe, Sussex.
Pilot: Leutnant Karl-Heinz Koch P.O.W. (Leutnant Koch was the Gruppe TO -Technical Officer)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Rolf Kahl P.O.W.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down by a Hurricane during combat over Croydon by Russell of No.32 Sqdn. Forced-landed at School Farm, Hoe, Sussex.
A.I.1(g) Report:
Me 110C-2. Crashed on 16.08.40 at Hooe, near Battle, Sussex. Markings S9 + CB. Crest: British Isles in red as seen through a gunsight. Engines DB601 A.1. Aircraft in good condition. Shot down by fighter action. Two cannon guns 20 mm and four machine guns. Bomb racks under fuselage. Very few bullet holes in aircraft.
Messerschmitt Bf 110D, S9 + CB lies in a field virtually undamaged after forced landing
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