FW-190 shot down in Devon, 1943

What links the site with (once) molten metal to a crash on the date you mention?

I have double checked; nothing that I can find. However, that does not rule out other unrelated aircraft losses.

We need some more clues.

Latest I have is: “……We were on the beach south of Chivelstone, the whole place was littered with it…..”

Thing is, in that area there would no doubt be a lot of debris from WWII,
other than from crashed aircraft.

Must be about the time we were there. Had a nice boat trip out on the retired Lifeboat.
One I had first seen back in the early 60’s when it was stationed near St Davids in S.Wales.

Thanks for the other info.

Fw 190 remains

There’s a quaint but very interesting museum in the heart of Salcombe town which has some aircraft remains in it.

From memory I seem to remember something about a 190 shot down into the sea and a Thunderbolt from another incident, from each of which there are remains brought up by fishing boats.

If I recall correctly, the 190 remains were brought up off Blackpool (Devon) sands.

It’s a good 5 years since I was there so it’s only a vague recollection.

Salcombe is a beautiful place and well worth a visit on any pretext.

Anon.

Dupe

What links the site with (once) molten metal to a crash on the date you mention?

I have double checked; nothing that I can find. However, that does not rule out other unrelated aircraft losses.

We need some more clues.

It’s a rather tenuous link unfortunately

Quote from other site : “Went looking for gold yesterday and all i came up with was a load of melted duralumin from a downed Focke-Wulf 190 from 1943.

http://www.devonheritage.org/Places/Salcombe/CasualtiesofthebombingofSalcombe.htm

The info on the website “seems” to suggest that one aircraft came down on land ?

So until the person gets back to me, I can’t get any more details regarding location. It could just be that he found what he assumed were aircraft remains and found this particular website, then put two and two together ?

Hi
There is from memory a spitfire near there, (64 sqn ? ’44,) but the nearest 190 on land is near Strete, there is also a 217 and a couple of 88’s in south hams.
Sorry haven’t got my notes anymore, I gave them away when I left the UK.
cheers
Jerry

What links the site with (once) molten metal to a crash on the date you mntion?

I have double checked; nothing that I can find. However, that does not rule out other unrelated aircraft losses.

We need some more clues.

Thanks, I’ll let you know if I get any more info.

I have no record of its loss over land.

Thanks for that Andy.
Are you certain that the first one went down in the sea ?
The article seems to suggest that it went down over Chivelstone, which is a
little way from the coast.

Reason for asking, is that a chap on a metal detecting forum was finding
molten metal in a field (I assume) and seemed to think it was from an
FW-190.

I shall enquire further as to where he found the metal. Just in case it was from the beach.

Fly Lt Johnny Deall & Sgt David Eadie, 266 Sqn.

12 March 1943

II./SKG10

Attack by 5 x Fw190 on Salcombe at 13.17 hours.

Fw Hermann Schorn & Uffz Erwin Ziegler both shot down into sea and killed.