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Re: Me 110 losses on 7 September 1940 - circumstances
Re: 3M+LM. This code is inconsistent for a 3./ZG 2 machine. The pilot Friedrich Kislinger was killed in the crash; the Bordfunker Reinhold Dahnke baled out into captivity, and it is likely that he gave an incorrect code to his interrogator (this would not be the only time misinformation was proffered). In 'Zerstörer' by Peter Cornwell and myself, the aircraft details are given as follows: Bf 110 C-4, 3M+LL, W. Nr. 2216. The fuselage code and W. Nr. is consistent with documentation found on an officer of I./ZG 2, which gave a full run-down of fuselage codes and their associated W. Nr.. This document is published on page 365 of 'Luftwaffe Crash Archive Volume 3' by Red Kite. I recommend this series highly, as well as the present series of 'Battle of Britain Combat Archive' by the same publisher.
As for the other 3 Bf 110s, they were shot down in combat, and so it is impossible (I would suggest) to say whether there was any structural failure of the airframes, but it is most likely to have happened to so degree or other if they were hammered by RAF fighters, which they were.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
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