Plaque of a shot down HS 126 / France. 20-06-1940

[canonne]

Bonjour,

As I am searching to identify and to study German bomber units which bombed area of he city of Châteauroux (Central France) on 19 June 1940, I found this good piece of archive.

On 20 June 1940, French fighters shot down a Henshel HS 126 from 4 (H) / 22 killing the aircrew. The plane went down near Châteauroux .
My questions are for this Werk plaque an eyewitness very kindly gave me :

1- What was the Stamm ? 4 N + AM (??)
2- What was the Wr.nr 3365 ( ??)
3- Where did this plaque fixe ? Around one of the landing gear ?
4- Were was built this a/c ?

5- And, sorry “cerise sur le gateau “ (please, what is the English sentence for that situation ?) a photo showing that plane …
Thank you so much.

Philippe
ps : I hope to obtain a better photo for the identification of green/gray color.

[Chris Goss]

Cherry on the cake!

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by canonne

5- And, sorry “cerise sur le gateau “ (please, what is the English sentence for that situation ?)

Similar: “the icing on the cake” (= le glaçage sur le gateau)

[Rottler]

Hello Philippe,

GQM 14 July 1940 item 36:
20.6. 4.(H)/22 Feindflug, Ort: Bourges, Ursache: unbekannt, Hs 126 (no Werk-Nr.!) 100%.
Lt Hauser vermisst
Lt Ricke vermisst.
Correction 18 Nov 1940: Lt Hauser gefallen.

Regards
Leo

[canonne]

Thank you very much for :

-the translations!!!

-the information on German side !!

I do appreciate.

Philippe

[canonne]

Another part of this hs 126

[Stig Jarlevik]

Philippe

May I ask why you connect WNr 3365 and STKZ 4N+AM with the aircraft that crashed 20 June 1940?

Cheers
Stig

[canonne]

Stig,
Long time ago I wrote to a French researcher Mr. Jean-Pierre Niclot, about somme JG 2 crashes. In return he sent me all the listing. So I phoned him to thank him. During our discussion we spoke about this Hs 126: and he gave me this Wrn. . He helped me so much that I was upset to ask him another assistance ... I have the same feeling with that forum : I ask often and help few. I am sorry. He died (date ?) and I think his archives/researches were given to the Archives de l'Armée de l'Air in Vincennes.
Philippe

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Philippe

Obviously something from French files. Don't believe Luftwaffe kept any track of their WNr at this point, oddly enough...

Cheers
Stig

[RT]

Seems they did, in the docs released by TSAMO, time to time some Wn are ...released !


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