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Re: Messerschmitt 110 loss - May 1940, Sercus, France
Hello Andy,
Did you get any nearer a conclusion re. the identity of this Bf 110 since your last post?
I ask as I met a guy who told me about a Bf 110 wreckage recovered from a pond in the Bourbourg area of France in recent years, and I think it was probably your one at Sercus (20 miles SE of Bourbourg) as the details seem to be exactly the same (the farmer had put the wreckage in his pond, from where it was recovered, etc.)...and how many have been found in ponds in that area of France in recent years?! He had a section of wing spar of said aircraft.
He said he believed it was Oblt. Martin's aircraft of I./ZG1, 26.05.1940 (in which Martin (FF) was killed and Fw Kraft was captured wounded). I see that Oblt. Martin's aircraft was mentioned as a possibility early in this thread but prior to Larry's additional info on Wnr 2889. Martin's aircraft was recorded as belly-landing along the route to Gravelines, so I would not have thought the Sercus find was that one(?)
Hence my interest in this crash. I would be very glad to hear any additional info you have gleaned since Feb. 2012.
Regards,
James
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