Date: 25th October 1940
Time: 13.30 hours.
Unit: 3 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 77
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3
Werke Nr. 5104
Code: 13 + (Red)
Location: Harveys Cross Farm, Iford, North Saltdean, Sussex. Q.7823 (War Revision 1940)
Pilot: Gefreiter. Karl Raisinger. Captured POW.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off from near Calais at 12.30 hrs. on bomber escort. On the return journey, while flying at 17,000 ft. over London, the formation was attacked by Spitfires and hit in the radiator, the pilot tried to reach the coast but had to force land. The starboard side of the engine cowling was burnt out to the level of the spark plugs.
Markings: 13 in red. Cowling yellow, with "Rocho" written on one side in red. Airframe made by Weiner Neustadter F.W. in 1939. Engine: DB 601, made by Daimler Benz, Genshagen, no. 60977. Armament: two MG 17 and two 20 mm cannon. Approximately 2,000 rounds of 7.9 mm ammunition still in the aircraft. Armour; cross bulkhead in fuselage, with head protection and curved shield.
Local newspaper showing the downed fighter (Pat Burgess Collection)
Close inspection of the cockpit of “Red” 13 (Pat Burgess Collection)
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cccccYouthful Karl Raisinger ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccKarl Raisinger pictured in 1979 aged 59 (Pat Burgess Collection)
East Sussex Constabulary Crashed Aircraft Report dated 25.10.1940 (Pat Burgess Collection)
BACK IN THE NEWS!
In 1979 Karl Raisinger returned to visit the old Brighton cells! (Pat Burgess Collection)
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless with special thanks to Nigel Parker and dedicated to the late Pat Burgess. March 2015
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