ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226970
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| Date: | Thursday 15 August 1940 |
| Time: | 19:10 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4/B |
| Owner/operator: | 3./Erp.Gr.210 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1996 |
| MSN: | gelbe 3 + |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lightlands Farm, Frant, Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Calais-Marck airfield, France |
Mission: Attack on Croydon aerodrome, London, England.
Pilot: Leutnant. Horst Marx. 53581/29 – Captured.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off from Calais Marck. Escort duties during attack on Croydon aerodrome. The pilot baled out before the aircraft dived into an orchard and disintegrated. Pilot landed at Mark Cross and was captured with a slight cut on his left thumb. Markings: 3 in yellow. Engine: DB 601. Armament: remains of two machine guns and two shell guns found. One piece of armour recovered.
Leutnant. Horst Marx with Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Burgess/Vasco).
Leutnant. Horst Marx (Burgess/Vasco).
A piece of wreckage from Lt. Marx’s Messerschmitt with probable Werke Nummer 1996 (Burgess).
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, with special thanks to Nigel Parker, the late Pat Burgess and John Vasco for their help in constructing this page of remembrance. January 2016
Sources:
Luftwaffe losses aircrewremembrancesociety3.com
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1942 | 7429 | 6./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | North Sea 50-60 km NW of Haarlem, Noord-Holland |  |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jul-2019 18:28 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Dec-2019 20:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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