Hartlepool History Then & Now

Captured German Aircraft

What we know about this image :

A captured German Messerschmitt Bf109 on the Bull Field, probaly in late 1940.
It is belived the plane, flown by Gefr. Hubert Rungen, was shot down by a Spitfire from 92 Squadron in October 1940, and crashed at Cuckold Coombe, near Ashford in Kent. The aircraft was put on display at the Guildhall, London, Hartlepool and Durham.

Date (of image) : 1940

Donor : Mr. J. Cambridge

Location