Date: 22/23rd February 1944
Time: 00.45 hours
Unit: 16 Staffel.Kampfgeschwader 2
Type: Messerschmitt Me 410A
Werke/Nr. Unknown
Code: Unknown
Location: Andridge Farm, Radnage near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
Feldpost Nr. 52371 = KG2, 16 Staffel & KG51, 6 Staffel.
Pilot: Leutnant Felix Mueller Killed (Born 03.10.1909 in Boehlitz-Ehrenberg.)
Radio/Op: Gefreiter Karl-Heinz Borowski Killed (Born 25.11.1924 in Wilhelmshaven.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Slough, Site SM7 engagment with Me 410 at 11,800 feet, 42 rounds of 3.7 in ammunition fired. Enemy aircraft banked sharply, jettisoned bombs & flares near by and flew on in the direction of High Wycombe.
A.I.(k) Report states that the aircraft was observed approaching from the North at a low altitude. The engines were heard to rev up, and the aircraft suddenly dived into the ground and caught fire. There was no explosion, but the wreckage was spread over a wide area. The remains of the other two members of the crew were found in neighbouring fields. This aircraft was recovered by the Chiltern Historical Aircraft Preservation Group during 1971.
One Daimler Benz DB601 engine, propeller blade and other parts un-earthed. DB601 now in private collection.
NOTE: Photos of this excavation will appear in our archaeology section very shortly.
Excavation by the CHAPG at Radnage during October/November 1971 - This MG 131 barbette mounted gun was destroyed by the police.
Burial details:
This crew are all laid to rest in the Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase, Staffs.
Felix Mueller Block 5, Row 18, Grave 422
Karl-Heinz Borowski Block 5, Row 18, Grave 421.
