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Re: He 111 shot down by AA on 18.2.41 near Watton?
I have already enlightened Pavel with the gen on this Norfolk crash. The He 111 made a wheels-up landing and came to rest across a deep culvert on fields at Waterend Farm, Ovington, 3/4 mile NW of RAF Watton. The five crew were taken PoW by two local farming types, one of whom had (quite sensibly) armed himself with a shotgun. The only item of technical interest noted in the AI1(g) report on the wreck (aside from the damage inflicted by the 3 PAC cables which struck the wings)was an MG 17 which was located in the tail cone and fired remotely.
This was (and I may get shot down here) I believe, the only enemy aircraft confirmed destroyed and credited solely to the PAC weapon over Britain in WW 2.
BC
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