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6th January 2008, 10:51
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Bf109 loss 7th January 1942
Hi,
On 7th January 1942 two Bf109s were reported bewteen Plymouth and Ibsley. One of them suffered engine failure and the pilot baled out, being captured near Tracey Bovey. Would anyone have any details of this pilot and the unit he came from? Regards, Alex
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6th January 2008, 14:08
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Re: Bf109 loss 7th January 1942
Uffz. Kurt Thune (umlaut over u) of 1/(F)123 b. 31-1-1920, crashed Lakemoor Farm at 1045 hrs. Thats all I have,
Regards Brian Bines
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6th January 2008, 14:48
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Re: Bf109 loss 7th January 1942
This was the first recon 109 downed in the UK and (I think) the site was excavated by Phillipa Hotchkiss in the ?1980s. I gather the pilot visited the site at that time or soon after. Interestingly, Thune's film was retrieved from his camera, and developed at RAF Medmenham. The camera was left on after he suffered the engine failure, and in a rather graphic if pointless graph, Medmenham plotted his slow loss of height, pitch and yaw etc until the film ran out. There's a file on this (with pointless graph) in the PRO (UK National Archives), in Air 34 I think, though I cannot rremember the reference now, which is annoying. There has been some stuff on this loss before, which might be trawled up from the archive deep...
Best Chris Going
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6th January 2008, 22:01
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Re: Bf109 loss 7th January 1942
Hi Chris, Brian
Thank you for your replies, much appreciated. I'll have a dig through the archives and see what I can find. Alex
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7th January 2008, 17:06
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Re: Bf109 loss 7th January 1942
Hi RT,
Thanks for the additional info. Alex
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7th January 2008, 21:26
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Re: Bf109 loss 7th January 1942
Just another small addition, Thune's plane had the markings 4U+SH (white S).
regards, Tomislav
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8th January 2008, 23:03
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Re: Bf109 loss 7th January 1942
Folks might like to know some of T's reconnaissance imagery taken on other sortiers survives. The usual places -Portsmouth, Plymouth etc. The quality of the interpretation is pretty execrable though -bog standard photo 'reading'. Incidentally the a/c was the last 109E downed over the UK.
Best Chris
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8th January 2008, 23:12
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Re: Bf109 loss 7th January 1942
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8th January 2008, 23:46
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Re: Bf109 loss 7th January 1942
Hi Nick,
Thanks for that, my mistake. Alex
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