ME109 crash – Ann Street Plumstead 1940 – any info?

Hi,
This might be of interest, my dad was speaking to me recently about this crash, he visited the site as a boy and was wondering if any photos exist of the crashed aircraft?
His memories of the visit are given below:

“An Me109 crash landed in the back gardens of around 4 terraced houses coming to rest just short of an Anderson Air Raid shelter.
They set-up a viewing for the aircraft by allowing people through a house in Robert Street.
A collection bucket marked “Battle of Britain” was left outside the house, after we dropped our pennies in the bucket we were allowed to join the queue
and walked through the house and out into the garden to look at the aircraft.
There was a policeman on guard, he told us to run past the front of the plane and not stop as the guns were still loaded.
The 109 was slightly burnt around the engine, and I believe it had a red shield painted on the cowling?
The aircraft was laying on it’s belly but fully intact, the perspex cockpit was open on it’s hinges.
You could smell the burnt paint and oil.
We ran past the plane into the terraced house opposite and came out in Ann Street.”

Unfortunately a lady, who was in the Anderson Shelter, died as a result of her injuries caused by the fire that broke out around the aircraft.
She was Emily Maxwell, 51 and died two weeks later in St.Nicholas Hospital.

I’ve attached my dad’s drawing of the scene…hopefully someone can dig out a photo of this crash…

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Thanks – I’ll give Kew a try 🙂

I was told that the Air Historical Branch have stopped copying air combat reports for private individuals, due to too many applications. No doubt the Public Records office at Kew?

Any idea how I could obtain the combat report for this?

Cheers
Zwit

Many thanks Dave – that’s exactly what I was after!

Zwit, Saturday it is

With apologies, I copied the the line above (these glasses); the correct info is

Bf109E-4 of 3/JG3 W/n 1503 shot down by Stokoe of 603S and crashed at Ann Street/Robert Street Lt Binder killed 31/08/40.

regards

DaveW

28/08/1940

Stab III/JG3 Bf 109E-4 w/n 5146 Oberfeldwebel Trebing killed.

BoBT&N (1980) records an investigation by the Brenzett Group so parts may be on display somewhere.

regards

davew

Thanks for this – my great aunt says it happened on a Saturday (Aug 31st)?
Is there a matching incident for this date?

Are you sure this is the Ann St. one?

cheers
Zwit

hi

if the Brenzett group were having a dig, they have probably got the remains in the Brenzett Aeronautical museum trust at Ivychurch Road, Brenzett,:

their website is
http://www.brenzettaero.co.uk/index.html

cheers

Chris

28/08/1940

Stab III/JG3 Bf 109E-4 w/n 5146 Oberfeldwebel Trebing killed.

BoBT&N (1980) records an investigation by the Brenzett Group so parts may be on display somewhere.

regards

davew