ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227183
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 August 1942 |
| Time: | 08:55 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 10.(Jabo)/JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 122080 |
| MSN: | schwarze 13 + – |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dyke, Lottbridge Grove, Eastbourne, Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saint-Omer / Wizernes airfield (F) |
Mission: Hit and run attack on Eastbourne, Sussex, England.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel. Werner Kassa. – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Aircraft dropped a bomb and machine gunned town from low altitude, when it was engaged by Canadian manned light AA unit. With the pilot apparently hit, the aircraft pulled up and dived into a ditch upside down. Markings: the rudder and lower part of engine cowling yellow, rest of aircraft grey upper surfaces and duck-egg blue lower surfaces. The skin of the aircraft is not polished.
A small bomb was painted horizontally just after the chevron. Engine: BMW 801. Metal VDM propeller fitted. Armament: two MG151/20 mm and two MG 17. ETC 501/XIIB new type of bomb carrier recovered. Believed a 250 kg bomb was dropped. Equipment: Wireless FuG 7.
Extract from the book “Blitz 3” published by After the Battle;
“As Oberfeldwebel Kassa swooped low over Caffyns workshops, the machine gun post on the roof opened up on the leading Fw 190. Private E. G. “Soapy” Johnstone was credited with the kill, another gunner, Private F. L. Wood, claiming to have shot down the second Fw 190 into the sea – a fact disproved as Kassa’s wingman, Obergefreiter. Wittmann returned safely to Abbeville, France.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless. With special thanks to the late Pat Burgess, Nigel Parker and James Calhoun, not forgetting “After the Battle” publications. Updated February 2019.
Sources:
Luftwaffe losses aircrewremembrancesociety3.com
PV-JG26 (059); GQM (#6-10); GQM (21.09.42 Ber. "gg"); Blitz, Then&Now, s.167, s.170 (Foto); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, s.539
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 September 1944 | 175116 | 6./JG 26 Luftwaffe | 0 | east of Groesbeek, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jul-2019 15:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Feb-2020 18:39 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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