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WW2 & Hooe – Aeroplane Crashes and Forced Landings

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In the "East Sussex Record Office", under the reference numbers, "SPA/1" and "SPA/2", there are WW2 printed record cards used for reporting and recording any crashed aircraft, flying bombs, and air raid incidents; – these cards give such details as the date and time of the incident, its location and the map reference.

Where the information applied to an aircraft, it had to be stated whether the machine was British, allied or enemy. The type of aircraft and its condition plus the number of people killed, seriously injured, slightly injured and unhurt plus a description of the incident.

All the following are transcriptions of the various report cards – in this case ′plane crashes & forced landings.

DateTime Place & ParishCrew InjuredUnhurt KilledPrisoner Other Remarks
15–8–4019.15School Farm, Hooe2112 ME110. Forced landing. Crew:-Karl Heinz KOCH. Pilot. A. Blutger (injured)
29–8–4016.10 Johnson's Lodge Field, Green Farm, Hooe11 ME109. Crashed. O/Lt Jost KIPPER. Pilot.

001 – Bf110 (Me110) Forced Landing on School Farm

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