THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — these Findon Chronicles are created by Valerie Martin and contain scenes from her home village of Findon,
West Sussex, U.K.    Everyday stories about real people.

SECOND WORLD WAR — local AIRCRAFT CRASHES

(I have attempted to record some (mind you, only some) of the aircraft coming down and presenting the facts ....all of these would have circled somewhere over our Findon sky on their missions.   I do not profess to have covered the total of crashes but have touched on a number to represent those troubled times.)

Copyright Valerie Martin 2012

Articles in chronological date order —

 

1940 13th August  Messerschmitt Bf-109E1 at Old Salts Farm, Shoreham
  16th August   The High Salvington Heinkel     
  16th August           Derek Round and the Heinkel
  16th August           The Salvage Crew and the Heinkel
  16th August            Eye Witness Accounts and Records of the Heinkel
  16th August            Many Years Later — Out of the Blue — The Heinkel Pilot
  16th August    The Mystery of the High Salvington Dornier (that Wasn't)
  16th August   The Annington Farm Heinkel
  16th August   The Lee Farm Messerschmitt
       1940   The Mystery of the Tolmare Farm Spitfire
  4th September   The High Salvington Messerschmitt Bf-110
  4th September   Messerschmitt Bf-110 on the A24 north of Findon (Church Farm)
  4th September   The Pepperscoombe/Strivens Farms' Messerschmitt Bf-110C
  4th September   The Goring Hurricane
  4th September   The Blackpatch Messerschmitt
  9th September   The Mystery of the Bomb Rack — the Parham/Cootham Messerschmitt Bf-109E-1
  1st November   The Greyfriars Junkers Ju88
     
     
1941 19th January   "Starboard Engine on Fire — Landing in England"
  10th March   The Mystery of the Wiston Spitfire
  23rd March   The Parsons Farm Junkers Ju88
  3rd May   A Teddy Bear Lives to Tell the Tale — Herbert Dieterle's Parachute
  17th May   The Sompting Heinkel
  4th June   The Mill House Spitfire
     
     
1943 17th June   Hawker Typhoon Crash on the Findon Downs
              Typhoon Pilot and/or Artist?
     
     
1944 26th April   The Roy Marples' Spitfire Mk IX Crash at Nearby Washington
  7th May   The Mystery of the Central Avenue Spitfire
  6th August    Billy Patience of Findon
  17th December   The Lancaster on the Beach

 

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THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — was launched by Valerie Martin in January 1999 and will grow to be a historical record of life in Findon, West Sussex, U.K.

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