German – Messerschmitt BF11O C4 – M8 + BP

Uffz Max Guschewski, a Messerschmitt pilot born on August 27, 1919, crash-landed his aircraft in Ashey. On the afternoon of 13 August 1940, while on escort duty for a force of JU88s and after assaulting the airfield at Middle Wallop near Salisbury, the aircraft crashed.

At around 18:06 hours, several intercepting Spitfires had attacked, resulting in the subsequent dowing on the island at Ashey. Max survived the crash with minor injuries and spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Canada.

However, It was reported that his gunner, Fw. Bindorfer, refused to stop fighting with and opened fire on approaching soldiers, so he was shot dead in the encounter by the local force shortly after. Thus, he became the sole German to be actualy shot on the island during World War II.

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• Wight Air Wrecks – A T Gilliam ISBN 0-7524-2376-2
• Battle in the Skies – H J Leal (IWCP)