Airwar over Denmark

Airwar over Denmark

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Me 262A-1A crashed near Handermelle 9/3 1945.


The aircraft belonged to 9./ JG 7 and was coded ?
T/o Brandenburg/Brist.  Op: Interception.


Northern Germany was covered in fog when Oberfähnrich Heinrich Russel was scrambled and by radar vectored towards a Spitfire of 541 Sqn that was on a photo reconnaissance flight over Northern Germany airfields.
What happened when the two aircrafts met is not known but Russels Me 262 was seen to crash in shallow water Hendermelle about 14 kilometres west of Nysted.

Oberfähnrich Heinrich Russel died and was laid to rest in Vestre cemetery in København.
 
F/Lt George Platts RAFVR of 541 Sqn flying Spitfire RM631 had taken off from Benson airfield at 09:56 hrs. There have been found no trace of the Spitfire nor of Platts to this day. George Platts is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial


 
Sources: LBUK, JJ, FB.

 

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