Hi people
How many of you remember this series.
Well do any of you remember the episode where:-
At the start of the program they have a shot of a glass bottomed pleasure cruiser and a lot of people in the boat looking through the glass when they are sailing along looking at all the pretty fishes suddenly an aircraft with a skull (complete with flying goggles and helmet) comes into view. The skull was centered on as the main focus.And everyone screams.
Now if I remember this aircraft was depicted as German but I could be wrong and I was only young at the time and not really that interested in Bergerac just watching it instead of getting sent to bed.
My questions are:-
1: does anyone remember this episode?
2: What aircraft exist under water at Jersey?
3: Was this a real aircraft or just a mock up film prop?
4: In either case of the above question. What was the aircraft?
Hopefully somebody knows the answer to the questions.
Regards Scott
By: EN830 - 22nd December 2002 at 21:01
Luftwaffe Aircraft Lost Around the Channel Islands
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 22-12-02 AT 09:01 PM (GMT)]Attached is a list of Luftwaffe aircraft lost around the Channel Islands, any help with details of crew, unit would be appreciated.
Jul-40 Guernsey Landing Accident
29/07/40 HE111 Guernsey Crashed into sea Crew OK
09/08/40 ME109F-1 Guernsey Airport Collided with Flak position 3 Gunners Killed
13/08/40 JU87R Guernsey Damaged in combat crashed in sea 2 x crew killed
13/08/40 ME109E-4 Guernsey Take off collision aerodrome pilot unhurt
23/08/40 JU52 Airport Jersey
25/09/40 Do18 Guernsey Shot down by Blenheim
01/11/40 Do17P Crashed at La Pulante Jersey Engine Failure 4 x KIA
03/11/40 JU88A-1 Airport Jersey Techinical Failure Crew OK
05/11/40 BU131 Rozel Jersey Chute failed to open pilot KIA
05/11/40 JU88A-1 Airport Jersey
07/11/40 JU52 Airport Jersey
19/11/40 HE111 Crashed brtween the Isles of Jethou and Crevichon Blew up Crew KIA
16/01/41 JU52 Crashed off St Catherines Jersey
22/01/41 JU88A-5 Airport Jersey Crew OK
Feb-41 JU52 Airport Jersey x 3
03/10/41 JU88A-5 Airport Jersey Collided with another JU88 Crew OK
14/03/41 JU88A-5 Corbiere Jersey Crew KIA
29/12/41 ME109F-2 Crashed at St Ouen Jersey Engine Failure Pilot Hurt but OK
02/01/42 Crashed at Bouley Bay Jersey Shot down by RAF aircraft
13/06/43 Seaplane North Jersey Damaged during take off crew Hurt but OK
23/08/43 FW190 Crashed on shell beach on the Isle of Herm accidentatlly Shot down by flak
07/03/44 FW190 Crashed at La Ponchez, Castel, Guernsey Pilot KIA
19/03/44 HE177 SW Guernsey Shot down by Beaufighter
Apr-44 JU88 Crashed off of Alderney Shot down by Night-fighter
06/04/44 JU88A-4 Crashed at Eden Chapel Jersey Shot down in error by flak Crew x 4 KIA
23/05/44 Unknown Aircraft Washed ashore La Rocque Jersey
20/06/44 HE111 Crashed in flames at Samares Jersey
Kind regards and a Merry Christmas from a dry and mild Jersey.
Ian Le Sueur
Kind regards
Ian Le Sueur
By: EN830 - 20th December 2002 at 23:46
RE: Bergerac and the planes within.
To date I have identified 44 Allied Aircraft lost in the general area of the Channel Islands. On top of this there is an equal if not greater number of Luftwaffe aircraft lost as well.
The vast majority were lost around Guernsey, due in main to it’s closer proximity to the UK and slightly more distance from the coast of France.
In 1999 a memorial was unveiled to a Free French Pilot who came down in Jersey in November 1942, he was one of the 50 shot after the great escape. This year we unveiled a plaque to two Whirlwind Pilots lost to the south of Jersey in December 1942.
In 2004 I intend to do a third plaque to a Belgian Sqn Ldr killed in July 44 in the north west of the island.
If you would like to contact me off board I will be more than happy to tell you more about the aircraft and pilots lost in or around the Channel Islands.
Ian
By: Merlin3945 - 16th December 2002 at 21:28
RE: Bergerac and the planes within.
Thanks guys that info was just what I was looking for.
As I said I was only a kid but recently I remembered what show it was on and so I thought I would ask the question.
Just out of interest does anyone else know of any other aircraft off the coast of Jersey.
I am not asking you to give away locations etc just a brief I know there is a ?????? kind of answer I know a lot of people like to keep these things to their selves and quite rightly so if thats what they wish.
Regards Scott
If anyone is interested in wrecks in the sea in general. There is a book that gives a comprehensive list of aircraft lost off Scotland as well as boat and ship wrecks. It is indeed called Off Scotland and is by Ian Whittaker. I can vouch for this book as I have read it. It is a really good data book indeed one of the finest. Get it out the library before going to buy it as it comes in at £40 and would be a pity if it were not what you were looking for.
Also you can view amendments and updates to the book on the Off Scotland web site just search the web with the title and you will find it.
By: David Burke - 16th December 2002 at 19:12
RE: Bergerac and the planes within.
It was a Me110 mock-up with supposedly a cargo of loot . I seem to remember a chalis from a church was one of the items recovered by
Charlie Hungerford if my memory serves me right!
By: Moggy C - 16th December 2002 at 15:43
RE: Bergerac and the planes within.
I believe 2 Whirlwinds ended up in the sea off the Channel Islands after a small fracas with the Hun.
These were off course the proper ones, not the eggbeater variety.
Moggy
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