Heinkel down in Scotland

[PoorOldSpike]

Crippled by AA fire near Edinburgh on Oct 28th 1939, it was finished off by Spitfires which killed 2 of the 4-man crew and forced it to crashland.

Navigator Rolf Niehoff holds his painful back (later discovered to be broken). On the right is the pilot's seat riddled with bullet holes that injured pilot Kurt Lehmkuhl who recovered. Both men spent the rest of the war as POW's.

Map of the crash site in the Lammermuir hills, (note also an Airspeed Oxford wreck in the area)
Bottom pic- a wreck investigator found this piece of the Heinkel in 1983..

The Heinkel took off from the island of Sylt to bomb shipping and take recon photos in the Firths of Forth and Clyde

Cloud prevented any bombing in both areas, and the Heinkel doubled back and was hit by AA fire north of Edinburgh, then was attacked by Spitfires..

The crash site (X). Note the nearby circular earthwork ramparts of an ancient hill fort

 

[ACSpectre]

Great pics and maps.

 

[iron mike usmc]

OK, off the subject, but relevant in general,...the hill between Kidlaw and Long Newton appears to have two or three concentric circles on the top. An old hill fort, perhaps?

 

[PoorOldSpike]

Yes there are literally hundreds of old forts like that all over Britain, here's another view of the Kidlaw job..

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hill_forts_in_Scotland

 

[Wigam]

Nice thread POS.

 

[iron mike usmc]

Yes there are literally hundreds of old forts like that all over Britain, here's another view of the Kidlaw job..
...

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hill_forts_in_Scotland

I know that. I like the juxtaposition of the fort and the crash, if indeed it was a fort. Thanks for the link.