|
Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the German Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of its Allies. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
SKG 10 loss, 2 June 1943
Does anyone know the identity of the aircraft and/or pilot involved in the following incident reported in our local newspaper recently.
Parts of this FW190 were recovered from the docks near the old lock gates at Ipswich but i'm yet to pin down the exact details. It was June 2, 1943 when German bombers attacked the town (Ipswich) in an early morning raid. The attack came at 5.20am when nine Focke-Wulf FW 190 fighter bombers, flying at roof top height, dropped bombs on Prettyman Road, Felixstowe Road and Myrtle Road, with one of the aircraft crashing into the dock after flying into the blast of a bomb, hitting the jib of a crane on the quay and crashed near the lock. Thanks in advance |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
Re: SKG 10 loss, 2 June 1943
If you get hold of my book on fighter-bomber attacks on the UK, you will get the answer you seek. Failing that PM me!
|
#3
|
||||
|
||||
Re: SKG 10 loss, 2 June 1943
Mentioned on page 79. Fw 190 A-5/U8, Wk Nr 51375, White B of 5./SKG 10. Collided with crane or hit the ground trying to avoid HT cables, Ipswich Docks, 0525 hrs. Lt Hans Schate killed
|
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Re: SKG 10 loss, 2 June 1943
Can I also concur - Chris Goss's book is one of the best I have ever read about the Luftwaffe's campaign against the UK.
Despite the interesting details of this campaign, very little has been written about the 1942-43 Tip and Run Raids - Chris redressed the balance in fine form. The detail and photos in the book are amazing - including unique photos taken single-handedly by the Fw190 pilots as they strafed landmarks! I thoroughly recommend this nice thick book, which is worth every penny: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Luftwaffe-F...er+bomber+goss (Right, niceness over!) |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
Re: SKG 10 loss, 2 June 1943
How nice of you...I will have to have a lie down now!
|
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Re: SKG 10 loss, 2 June 1943
Thanks for the info Chris.
I have to admit that the Luftwaffe isn't my main area of interest but I'll definitely be tracking down a copy of your book. Regards |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Re: SKG 10 loss, 2 June 1943
Hi Chriss
Is this Wk Nr 51375 an correct serial for an A-5 It fits not in the info I have. Regards Peter |
#8
|
||||
|
||||
Re: SKG 10 loss, 2 June 1943
It was what was recorded.
|
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Re: SKG 10 loss, 2 June 1943
Seems to be 1501375
Rémi |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Re: SKG 10 loss, 2 June 1943
Thanks Remi
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
30 December 1943, loss of a Ju 52 Mausi | Yves56 | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 2 | 30th January 2014 23:17 |
German training loss, on 19 September 1943 | Laurent Rizzotti | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 3 | 26th February 2011 18:37 |
Uffz. Mannetstetter, 8./JG 2 vs. Whitley V, 3 June 1943 | Mikkel Plannthin | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 6 | 5th January 2011 12:25 |
VVS operations 6-8 may & 8-10 june 1943, claims and losses. | Evgeny Velichko | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 78 | 18th August 2009 15:16 |
Unknown twinengined A/C loss on June 30th, 1944 | Kurtl12 | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 6 | 19th August 2008 00:19 |