Heinkel He111 - Werk Nr. 5536- 9/KG53

[Geoffrey]

Hi everyone,
I jave searched several books and have been unable to locate the home airfield for the above aircraft when it left on its last raid over England on the 29th October 1940. It's a well known story and I have seen other posts appertaining to this same aircraft 5536. Detailed to bomb Gravesend airfield in Kent, it suffered W/T failure and the pilot thinking he was over Holland, ordered his crew to bail out. I can find no details of where the crew bailed out and where they came down / some slightly wounded. The aircraft crashed at 1:07am on the foreshore of Parkstone Quay, Essex and was the subject of an extensive recovery operation back in 1984/5. I can find no detailed record for the raid and would like to know more if anyone can help me. Much appreciated.