[Peter Cornwell]

1./ZG1 Messerschmitt Bf110C-3 (1863). Shot down in combat with Hurricanes and crashed near Walemstraat in Mechelen, north-west of Brussels, 6.00 p.m. Possibly that claimed by F/O Rayner of No. 87 Squadron. FF Lt Heinrich Bucksch and BF Gefr Heinz-Werner Roth both killed. Aircraft 2N+HH 100% write-off.
The Bf110C-3 sub-type resulted from the fitment of improved MG-FF/M 20mm cannon armament to Bf110C-1s and recorded instances of this new type carrying serials in the 1855-1863 range are found documented in contemporary Luftwaffe loss records for I./ZG1 from this date.