Date: 15th October 1940
Time: 9.20 a.m.
Unit: Stab I/Lehrgeschwader 2
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7
Werke/Nr. 3734
Coded: Not known.
Location: Spruce Lawns, Elham, Kent.
Pilot: Leutnant Ludwig Lenz Killed (Born 25.09.1912.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was flying a Jabo mission when, according to contemporary newspaper reports, a bullet from engaging R.A.F. fighters struck the bomb under the belly of his Messerschmitt. In the resulting explosion the cockpit and wing centre section were compressed to a thickness of eighteen inches, wreckage falling at Spruce Lawns, Elham. The engine, propeller and tail unit were scattered over a three mile area.
The wrecked machine of Lt Lenz at Spruce Lawns, Elham (Fox Photos)
Grave at Folkestone (Courtesy Brownless archives)
Burial detail: Folkestone Cemetery, Kent.
