Hello,
Working on 9./JG27 Bf109 Profile packages for 2nd half of 1940.
Based upon research sent to me by Michael W. Payne decades ago, he provided identifications for these two photos:
"18 September 1940: 9./JG27 Messerschmitt Bf109E-1 (6327). Damaged in combat with Spitfires during escort sortie over Canterbury and belly-landed near Harringe Court at Sellindge 1.15 p.m. Possibly that attacked by P/O J. S. Morton of No.603 Squadron. FF Fw Ernst Schulz shot through left lung attempting to evade capture - admitted to hospital. Aircraft Brown 7 + 100% write-off.
Ernst Schulz was later transferred to the high-security ‘Luftwaffe Ward’ of the Royal Herbert Hospital in Woolwich where he died of his wounds on September 26."
http://ihra.smugmug.com/photos/i-FnG...-FnGKF9v-L.jpg
This photo was captioned as on display at an unknown location, and may have been originally copied from a newspaper.
and:
"18 September 1940: 9./JG27 Messerschmitt Bf109E-1 (2674). Petrol feed damaged in combat with Spitfires over Canterbury and belly-landed at Willow Farm, on the Royal St George’s Golf Links at Sandwich, 1.10 p.m. Possibly that attacked by F/O W. A. A. Read of No.603 Squadron. FF Gefr Walter Glöckner captured wounded. Aircraft Brown 1 + fired by pilot 100% write-off.
First aid panel liberated from the wreck by Cmdr Salmon, CO of the Royal Marine detachment based at the golf club, donated to Brian Bines in 1958."
I note that both Jochen Prien and the recent "Luftwaffe Crash Archive, Vol 4" also picks up this same ID. Looks like this "Parliament 109" was originally copied from a book. Peter Cornwell, however, is not convinced of the correct ID for these two photos.
http://ihra.smugmug.com/photos/i-pkc...-pkcb8nD-L.jpg
Over the decades, I'm hoping that further photos of either of these two crashes have surfaced. Does anyone know any information or have photo sources that would help confirm that these are, in fact, the correct identifications for these two photos? Perhaps Brian Bines can help?
There is dispute as to whether 9./JG27 was using brown or yellow a/c numbers, and concentric prop spinner rings at this time, but I'll put that in a following post.
Can anyone help?