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Re: Fw 190 landed at West Malling, Mar '43
Would this be the incident when on the night of 16/17 April 1943 four Fw 190's of SKG 10 attempted to land at West Malling ? The events have been well covered previously in books/articles.
Oblt. Kurt Klahn St. Kap. of 2/SKG 10 was killed when he baled out too low on the approach to West Malling, Fw. Otto Bechtold of 7/SKG 10 was taken POW after landing, Ltn Fritz Setzer of 5/SKG 10 was taken POW injured and his a/c destroyed after landing, while Ofw. Otto Schulz of 7 staffel was seriously injured and his a/c wrecked after undershooting West Malling.
Otto Schulz was repatriated to Germany but a JG 6 loss list shows him as killed on 3-11-1944 when he attempted an emergency landing in a Fw 190 of 8/JG 6.
I beleive Ltn. Setzer was out of fuel following AA damage over London. The others may have overflown Essex crossed the Thames Estuary thinking it to be the Channel and thought they were landing in France perhaps someone else has a more definite answer
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