Two 109’s rise from Marquise-Est,
a Luftwaffe airfield in northern France, to join up with the
gathering formations of fighters,
later to rendezvous with their bombers and set course across
the Channel to southern England.
White 4 of 4/JG26, piloted by Uffz. Perez was later that day,
force-landed in a field near Eastbourne with a dead engine after
combat with British fighters over the Sussex coast. Sgt. Kingaby
of 92 squadron was later credited with this aircraft. |