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The Tempest was attempting to intercept a V1 when it lost control and crashed near NINFIELD, East Sussex. I have a map reference WR1532 which appears to put it somewhere near Marlpits Lane and Skinners Lane.

Can anyone trace a better location for a more precise crash site?
I have the details of the pilot, Mackerras, with 11 V1's and 3 shared, being 2nd highest RAAF V1 killer, but can't find anything on where precisely it crashed.

I'm wondering if the V1 he intercepted was the one that crashed near Church Wood, close to St Mary's Church. A village lad, Hugh Gordon Tate, was killed on 1st August when a rogue barrage balloon which had broken free drifted across Ninfield Rec, where a number of boys grabbed the ropes trying to tether it, but a gust blew it towards the road, shedding boys as it went. Hugh clung on but was electrocuted when it drifted into nearby HT power lines.

The day of his funeral was when the V1 exploded, forcing mourners to duck into hedges. 6th August was a Sunday, so was this the V1 Mackerras intercepted? 5 days seems a bit too soon, and no one noted anything about a plane crashing, but that might just be that everyone focussed on the V1 and not on anything else.

If they were linked, then the village will want to commemorate it, and therefore need the precise location to do so.

All help gratefully appreciated, as always