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Re: Query re Albert Friedemann for Peter Cornwall
Chris is correct. My original source was RAF A.I.1(k) Report No.778/1940 (as attached). However, in a message timed at 13.45 hours on 20 October 1940, Group 8 (London Region) Bexley ARP reported 'Plane crashed in field behind the vicarage, Wickham Street, Welling. 1 casualty. Plane was a Messerschmitt. Pilot baled out but parachute caught fire. Body riddled with bullets. 1 killed.' This, plus the photo evidence, tends to confirm that the aircraft broke up in mid-air hence the differing reports over its exact location.
In my view DRAPER's claim remains the most valid given the location quoted in his Form F compared to that of MUNGO-PARK who recorded 'Maidstone Area' for his claim. Nor was MUNGO-PARK alone in describing the tail breaking off his victim - STEPHENS recorded similar for a 109 he chased from Sevenoaks to Dungeness. I have no idea precisely where DRAPER crash-landed after this combat.
Last edited by Peter Cornwell; 8th June 2017 at 09:09.
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