ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240442
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| Date: | Monday 30 September 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1190 |
| MSN: | 1190 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | East Dean, Eastbourne East Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Marquise-Hydrequent airfield, France |
The aircraft, operating from Luftwaffe Marquise-Est Airfield, Northern France, was on an escort mission over the UK, during the Battle of Britain in 1940, when it got into combat with Spitfires over Beachy Head, following which the pilot 22-year-old UnterOfficier Horst Perez carried out a wheels up belly-landing in a field at East Dean, Sussex, caused by a possible engine failure as there was no visible combat damage to the aircraft. The pilot escaped injury during the landing but was subsequently injured when shot by the local Home Guard. Only minor damage was caused to the aircraft. (A photograph of the crash site is shown on http://aircrashsites.co.uk/aviation-history/messerschmitt-bf-109e-1190/). The aircraft was recovered, repaired and shipped to the USA & Canada for evaluation before returning to the UK and display at IWM.
Sources:
http://plane-crazy.k-hosting.co.uk/Aircraft/WW2-Planes/Me109/messerschmitt_bf_109.htm
http://aircrashsites.co.uk/aviation-history/messerschmitt-bf-109e-1190/
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/70000185
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/30517557307
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
Images:
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2020 17:15 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 25-Aug-2020 17:15 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 29-Aug-2020 06:07 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 30-Aug-2020 13:32 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 24-Sep-2020 22:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 26-May-2023 20:00 | Duckpond | Updated [[Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]] |
| 18-Jul-2023 17:19 | Nepa | Updated [[[Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]]] |
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