Re: Luftwaffe airman buried in Lenham Cemetery Kent
Uffz. Franz Mairl was flying a Bf 109 E7 wn 2059 of 3/LG 2 when he was shot down by F/O Mungo Park of 74 sqd. His 109 crashed in flames at Chapel Farm Lenham at 1400 hrs, although Mairl baled out the canopy of his chute was on fire and he fell to his death.
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