Budleigh Past and Present

Continued from 2 April 1941: No longer an enemy:   Oberfeldwebel (OFw)   Wilhelm Bürkle (c.1910-41) https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/12/ww2-75-2-april-1941-no-longer-enemy_15.html     Image credit:  Simon Parry, Wing Leader Ltd A Heinkel He III bomber is recorded as having crashed at sea two miles south of Budleigh Salterton on 2 April 1941. Robert Ehlers, aged 25, was the gunner in the Heinkel's five-man aircrew.  Image credit: www.billiongraves.com   The only body recovered was that of the Heinkel's observer, 29-year-old Hans-Ludwig Wolff. His grave in the Higher Cemetery at Exeter is one of 6,196 German war graves maintained by the excellent Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 504 Squadron Exeter 1941. Phillip Parsons is seated third from right Image credit: FindaGrave.com  Robert's plane was sh ot down by 24-year-old Flight Officer Phillip Trevor Parsons, flying a Hurricane of RAF 504 Squadron, based at Ex...