2 unidentified axis losses, Kent?

[Peter Cornwell]

Dave,

Why this has been documented as a casualty in Kent I cannot imagine but at least the date of loss, September 6, 1940, is correct:

2./KG26 Heinkel He111H-3 (6902). Crashed in the North Sea during night sortie to London, exact circumstances unknown. FF Lt Gerhard Schachtebeck killed, BO Uffz Karl-Heinz Fass, BM Uffz Otto Ihme, HS Gefr Josef Haslacher, and BF Fw Werner Jessen (of 1./KG26) all missing. Aircraft 1H+AK 100% write-off.

I know of no enemy aircraft down in the area of Castle Hill, east of Brenchley, on August 15, 1940. What is the source for this ? Kindly ignore my question if it is the ‘Casualties in Kent’ book you still insist on quoting. I would strongly recommend that you file that book or, at least, check it against better information before posting. I’ve no idea when it was published but it is clearly totally unreliable.