Crash location Bf 109 Werknummer 464162

From Under the Protection of the Angel Gabriel:

Wim Verschuuren tells: "That day [January 1, 1945] I had to serve mass in Aarle-Rixtel. That is a long way from Overbrug. During the mass we heard the thunder of anti-aircraft guns in the area. in the vicinity of cafe Schevelingen three planes and dead pilots, in pieces Opposite the cafe a propeller of one of the planes hit the ground and debris was everywhere We thought that behind the farm in the orchard a bomb had fallen that did not explode Father carefully went to explore the case and came back with the announcement that it was not a bomb but a fuel tank from one of the planes We found many remains of killed German airmen in the meadows northwest of Sluis 7, including a boot with content. An on-board machine gun has been used by father as a pasture for years. "

"The planes flew so low that they hit the high-voltage cables on the Heikant," explains Mr van Segghelen. As a result, they dived one and a half kilometers further into the wielanden."

Three aircraft are mentioned here, only one is known. This aircraft crashed on the other side of the road, in the meadow south of the Goorloop, between the Aarle-Rixelseweg and the Kanaaldijk N.W..

Crew:
Flugzeugführer Lt. H-U. Jung, buried at Ysselsteyn.

The photo on the bottom left of the sign is of the Messerschmitt Me 262 that came down near Helmond.

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Source

• Text: STIWOT
• Photos: Jeroen Koppes (1, 3), Martin Damen (2)
• SGLO.
• VONK, S. e.a., Onder de Bescherming van de Engel Gabriël, Heemkundekring Helmond-Peelland, Helmond, 1994.

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