Date: 2nd October 1940
Time: 10.00 a.m.
Unit: 9 Staffel/Jagdgeschwader 53
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1
Werke/Nr. 6291
Coded: Unknown
Location: Near "Swallowfields", Limpsfield Common, Limpsfield near Oxted, Surrey.
Pilot: Oberleutnant Walter Radlick (Staffelkapitaen) Killed (Born 06.08.1915.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down by Pilot Officer J. B. Kendal of No.66 Squadron. Oblt Radlick baled out but parachute failed and he fell to his death at Hookwood Park. Aircraft dived into the ground and burnt out. 100% destroyed.
Soldiers and local children examine the burnt out wreckage of Oblt Radlick's Bf 109
Burial detail:
Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase. Block 5. Row. 3 Grave 50.
