Aircraft: Junkers 87 B-1
Nationality: German
Serial number: 5518
Unit: 2 / StG 77
Call sign: S2 + -M
Date of loss: 18/08/1940
Part of a large force of Ju87 Stuka dive bombers ordered to attack the airfields at Thorney Island, Ford and the radar station at Polling. This aircraft was attacked and shot down by Sgt H Hallowes of No. 43 Squadron just short of its objective of Thorney Island. The aircraft broke up in mid-air and crashed into Fishbourne Creek, near Chichester at 2.30pm. Both crew members took to their parachutes and were captured. This aircraft was one of 18 lost by StG 77, on a day that became known as the "massacre of the Stukas" and led directly to the Germans withdrawing their Ju87 units from the Battle of Britain.
Nationality: German
Serial number: 5518
Unit: 2 / StG 77
Call sign: S2 + -M
Date of loss: 18/08/1940
Part of a large force of Ju87 Stuka dive bombers ordered to attack the airfields at Thorney Island, Ford and the radar station at Polling. This aircraft was attacked and shot down by Sgt H Hallowes of No. 43 Squadron just short of its objective of Thorney Island. The aircraft broke up in mid-air and crashed into Fishbourne Creek, near Chichester at 2.30pm. Both crew members took to their parachutes and were captured. This aircraft was one of 18 lost by StG 77, on a day that became known as the "massacre of the Stukas" and led directly to the Germans withdrawing their Ju87 units from the Battle of Britain.
The items on display here are a couple of sections of internal wing structure with a green anodised finish, a small section of engine block, wiring and some small miscellaneous components.Crew: Pilot – Oberleutnant Johannes Wilhelm, Gunner Uffz. Anton Worner