[thlund]

FalkeEins: I had a talk with Bertrans who apparantly has his vacation at Wissant every year. The photo of the aircrafts tail is angeled towards the north where you see Cap Griz Nez and a bit of the city. The photo of aircrafts nose is angeled more to the west and show the dunes south of the city. I think that matches up just fine.

I had another look at the loss list in Prien's book. It seems both 1, 4 and 7 JG53 used white codes so I checked all losses from those units. None were noted as being marked white 9 + I (not from any unit). Some were marked as being E-4's which this machine is clearly not. That leaves this one:

05/09/40 7 – Air combat, forced landing at Wissant 100% E-1 6064
I assume that since no pilot is mentioned he was unharmed. No code given either.
All other E-1, with no code given is noted to have crashed somewhere else, have a code that is not white 9+I or notes as for instance takeoff accident/shot down into sea/shot down over England.
As for Altendorf:
05/10/40 7 – Oblt Heinz Altendorf St.Kap 7 – Air combat, forced landing near Cap Griz Nez, 100 %, according to GQM’s report pilot bailed out, E-4 1804 White 10
But yes, he COULD have been the one crashlanding this one, or it could be someone else crashing his machine. Could the 4 claims be shared by more pilots ?

Thomas