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Mission: Thorney Island airfield, England

Date. 18th August 1940

Unit: 2 Staffel / Stukageschwader 77

Type. Junkers Ju 87B-1

Werke/Nr. 5518

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Location: Fishbourne Creek, half a mile north of Dell Quay, Chichester, England

Pilot: Oberleutnant Johannes Wilhelm POW

Gunner: Unteroffizier Anton Worner POW

REASON FOR LOSS:

Believed shot down by Sgt Jim Hallowes in a Hurricane of No.43 Squadron during attack on Thorney Island airfield.
Crash site excavated by the Wealden Aviation Archaelogical Group 1977-79.

Oblt Wilhelm Stuka pilot
Johannes Wilhelm as N.C.O in the Wehrmacht before transfer to the Luftwaffe.

Bomben auf England
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