Bf109 crash-landed Antikythera (Greek island) May 1941

[Brian]

Hi guys

One for our Greek friends (and others)

Is there any evidence that a Bf109 (and also a Hurricane) crash-landed on the same beach on the island of Antikythera in May 1941?

If so, further details would be appreciated.

Cheers
Brian

[tasos greece]

Hello Brian,
I suppose that you are talking about a foto showing one Bf-109 ( "black 1" of Ofw. Werner Petermann , 5./JG 77 ) which crashed landed on a beach near Maleme. In the same foto , in the backround , there also a Hurricane with a great hole on the fuselage and the rudder.
Hope this helps.

[Brian]

Hi Tasos

Thanks for the response.

Actually, I am referring to the Luftwaffe ace Ltn Adolf Dickfeld of II/JG77 who implies in his book Footsteps of the Hunter that he force-landed on a beach on Antikythera after being hit by a Hurricane in May 1941. He states that a Hurricane he had shot down also force-landed on the same beach.

Having just re-read the passage, I now realise that the Hurricane and Bf109 apparently came down on the tip of southern Greece, probably near Argos



Any ideas?

Cheers
Brian

[byron-]

Wasn`t he a pilot of 7./J.G. 52 ?

[tasos greece]

Dear Brian,
Dickfeld was a pilot of III./JG 52. His unit was based at Molaoi during 25/5/41 - 10/6/41 , in this period III./JG 52 lost 6 airplanes , 5 of them crash landed at Molaoi and one at Malemes.
By the way in this book are there any references or fotos from his brief stay at Molaoi?

[byron-]

I have in May 1941 9 crash-landed planes (Bf 109) of gruppe III./JG 52:

4 in Molai, 4 in Maleme and 1 in Tatoi