Luftwaffe aircraft relic 16 Aug 1940

Hi all!

I have the tailwheel from this Heinkel in my collection with the original RAF Form 5341D label attached! Would be a good addition to the website I guess??

Mike

Hi Mondariz

That would be great – hope they can use the pics.

I wonder if any other parts will turn up….. Hope so.

Mystery solved…..well done!

I enjoyed the detective work. Always nice with a chance to discover some history.

I took the liberty to inform the creator of the Findon website about this thread. Maybe they can use your picture for their site.

Would be nice to see how many pieces could be found.

Mondariz

Thank you very much for identifying it for me! The miss-spelling really confused matters – well done on your excellent detective work.

It’s amazing to find such a well researched report – looks like it was very thoroughly souvenired. Hopefully other similar parts will be kept safe.

A bit more info:

16 August 1940 He111 P 7./KG55 Gl+FR Wk Nr 1582.

(P) Ltn. Rudolf Theopold (58246/199),
(O) Uffz. Rudolf Hornbostel (58246/403)
(W) Gfr. Helmut Glaser (58246/128) PoW.
(FE) Uffz. Albert Weber (58246/123)
(G) Gfr. Johannes Moorfeld (58246/411) killed.

Attacked by F/Lt.R.F. Boyd and Blue Section of No. 602 Squadron
during an attack on Heathrow aerodrome.

Crashed at Honeysuckle Lane, High Salvington, Nr
Worthing, Sussex.

As we now know, it was near Cote street.

BINGO!

A HE 111

http://www.findonvillage.com/0617_the_high_salvington_heinkel_16th_august_1940.htm

From the page:

“As the German plane vanished over the hill, young Eric and a friend, John Jeffs, leapt on to their bikes and, after scouring the nearby narrow roads and leafy lanes, eventually found the German plane crashed in a field just off Cote Street, High Salvington.”

Must have misspelled Cote street.

Hello folks

Here are the pics – someone has helpfully scratched “tail” on the back. The shade of paint makes me think it’s Luftwaffe but others with more knowledge may not agree.

There was a later raid in the afternoon of 16 Aug – maybe it came from this?

Thanks!

Where was the raid and is there a Coote street in the area?

Just realised that i have been looking for 16 August 1941.

Hello folks

Here are the pics – someone has helpfully scratched “tail” on the back. The shade of paint makes me think it’s Luftwaffe but others with more knowledge may not agree.

There was a later raid in the afternoon of 16 Aug – maybe it came from this?

Thanks!

Was it a custom to write this kind of information on a “trophy”?

I mean if a pilot shot down an aircraft and could get his hands on a bit, would he write something like that?

If its just a piece somebody found on the street, i don’t think they would write it down like that, as it would have no significance to them (beyond being a war relic).

Any chance we can get a picture?

Of course there is no guarantee that the aircraft came down in ‘Coote St’ or that it came down on 16th August 1940; it could have come down streets away (or exploded in mid-air) and it may have come down days or weeks before.

Maybe just this piece was found in Coote Street on 16th August?

There is a Coote Street in Portlaoise Ireland. Google maps gives gives 6 other, all but one in Australia (the last is in Canada).

I have been searching a bit and can’t find any information on a crash there.

Could it be a misspelled French location?

Like Saint “something”

If an aircraft came down in a built-up area that would certainly narrow it down.

Any idea where ‘Coote Street’ is? August 16th was a busy day for the Luftwaffe!

What makes you think it is German? What colour is it and does it have any distinctive markings?.