From
the crash site there is a nice view to three JG 5 Messerschmitt crash sites.
They were shot down by Wildcats (882 Sqdn HMS Searcher) and Avengers (853Sqdn.
HMS Queen) during Operation "Prefix" on 26.3 1945.
Manufacturer
plate found inside the propeller cowling
Crashed into mountain Vakta late
in the evening. It was heavy fog that day. The a/c came from direction Gossen.
Hauptmann Fritz Tascinsky.
Fw. Wilhelm Karla. Fw. Enno Lindemann and
Fw. Kurt Wiehalm. All buried at Havstein cemetery