[Peter Cornwell]

This aircraft ditched in mid-Channel following an engine fire. The crew had been unable to deploy the dinghy and only the Bordmechanic, Fw Heinrich MÄRTE survived. He was picked up by a coastal patrol boat and landed at Boulogne. The unit was Stab II./KG51 though the pilot, Lt Siegfried SONNTAG, carried the ID of Stab III./KG51.