Originally Posted by Larry Hickey

Hello,

I'm trying to match up a photo of a force-landed Bf109E on a Beach with Luftwaffe loss records. I know that the pilot and aircraft were from 1./JG77. The only loss to that unit during the probable time frame that might match was "Luftkampf, Absturz vor Dungeness" 100% loss, pilot unknown. The plane is cannon armed so probably an E-4, and the pilot has on a life vest, so this is probably Battle of Britain. He is clearly down in France, not England. It looks like it is on a Channel beach or possibly a coastal river estuary. My problem is that I don't find a Dungeness, France, only the well-known Dungeness, England. Is this perhaps referring to an air battle over Dungeness, England, with a subsequent forced-landing on the French coast, or is Dungeness a coastal location (not necessarily a town or village) on the French coast as well? Can anyone give me a georgraphy lesson on this, or otherwise be helpful?

Larry