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Historically Important Luftwaffe Officers Cap Belonging to Leutnant Rudolf Theopold, Pilot of Heinke
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Historically Important Luftwaffe Officers Cap Belonging to Leutnant Rudolf Theopold, Pilot of Heinkel He 111P of 7.Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 55 Shot Down During the Battle of Britain on 16th August 1940, standard high form Luftwaffe officers peaked cap in blue grey cloth with silver wire piping to the crown and bordering the central ribbed band. Bullion embroidered Luftwaffe officers cap eagle and bullion officers cap cockade. Bullion officers cap cords with pebbled side buttons. Interior of the cap with grey leather sweatband having initial emblems ‘R T’ mounted. Interior with Pekuro tailors diamond to the crown. The cap shows some wear and is dusty and uncleaned. Accompanying the peaked cap is an original receipt dated 17-8-1968 from Hastings Military Shop, White House, 36-37 George Street, Hastings, East Sussex, Prop: R Johns / G Smith, which describes the peaked cap and the original price paid in 1968 “14 7 & 6”, the reverse of the receipt has inked provenance, “THIS CAP HAS BEEN IN MY POSSESSION SINCE FEB 1956 WHEN IT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY THE NEPHEW OF MR A UPTON A MEMBER OF 5TH SX BTN C COMPANY HOME GUARD. IT WAS SAID TO HAVE COME FROM A GERMAN BOMBER WHICH CRASHED IN HIGH SALVINGTON ON 16 AUG 1940” then signed by R Johns the proprietor of the shop. The Aircrew remembrance society gives the following details, “Mission: Bombing sortie to attack Great West aerodrome (Heathrow airport), England. Date: 16th August 1940. Time: 17.05 hours. Unit: 7 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 55. Type: Heinkel He 111P. Location: Honeysuckle Lane, High Salvington, Worthing, West Sussex, England. Pilot: Leutnant. Rudolf Theopold 58246/199 - Captured POW. Observer: Unteroffizier. Rudolf Hornbostel 58246/403 - Captured POW. Radio/Op: Gefreiter. Helmut Glaser 58246/128 - Captured POW. Flt/Eng: Unteroffizier. Albert Weber 58246/123 - Killed. Gunner: Gefreiter. Johannes Moorfeld 58246/411 - Killed. Intercepted and attacked by RAF fighters over the Brighton area. Intelligence & witness reports / local narrative : On the return leg of the sortie, this bomber was intercepted at 4:55pm over Brighton at 2,500 ft by three Spitfires MK1’s. These British fighters, which were being flown by 602 Squadron, City of Glasgow, Blue Section, were based at RAF Westhampnett near Chichester. Apparently, the Heinkel turned and flew in a westerly direction along the coast for approximately ten miles towards Worthing, probably trying to out manoeuvre the Spitfires, and trying to avoid the machine gun fire. Eyewitness reports describe how the Heinkel turned north upon reaching the outskirts of Worthing. At this point, subsequent reports deduce a lone Spitfire remained in pursuit of Flight Lieutenant Robert Findlay Boyd Spitfire N3227. This continued northwards towards the Oval in Findon where resident Brian Chappell saw the two planes from his home. “Sighted E/A (Enemy Aircraft) approx 1,000 ft above and coming towards us. Blue 1 did climbing turn and delivered beam attack, followed by Blue 2 who stopped one motor. Successive attacks were delivered by section until E/A crashed in waste ground approx 4 miles north of Worthing. Landed at 17:45 hours”. At this point the Heinkel turned southwest, flew over Rogers Farm and crash-landed at High Salvington in the field between Honeysuckle Lane and Cote Street. It had landed completely intact with its wheels still retracted and pointing south towards Highdown Hill. Although the plane had landed completely intact, Johannes Moorfeld and Albert Weber had died. German records state that Johannes Moorfeld died on the way to Worthing Hospital, although all other records state he died in the crash landing. Two other airmen were badly injured but the fifth airman escaped with only minor cuts and bruises. Soon after, the Home Guard, policemen and many others had arrived on the scene including a woman doctor who was called to attend the incident. Derek Round was unable to convince the soldiers that he was a local man, so they locked him in the ambulance with the five German airmen and took them to Worthing Hospital. Derek Round was then taken to the police station where he was interrogated and finally driven home. Shortly after the airmen had been taken away and although soldiers and the police were at the scene, it appears that they did nothing to stop souvenir hunters pulling the plane to pieces. A RAF Intelligence Officer also visited the site to evaluate the plane, just in case there was anything new onboard that they needed to know about. The oil, fuel, machine guns, ammunition and other items of interest were retrieved from the plane, although it is not clear whether this happened before or after the crowd pulled the plane to pieces. The three surviving crew members comprising Rudolf Theopold, Rudolf Hornbostel and Helmut Glaser were later sent to a Prisoner of War camp in Canada, although before this they were probably sent to Camp 11 at Trent Park in London for interrogation. The three airmen remained in captivity until 1946, and were then repatriated back to Germany. The two airmen who were killed, Albert Weber and Johannes Moorfeld, were presumably kept at Worthing Hospital until they were buried at Durrington Cemetery five days later on Wednesday 21st August 1940.”
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Historically Important Luftwaffe Officers Cap Belonging to Leutnant Rudolf Theopold, Pilot of Heinkel He 111P of 7.Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 55 Shot Down During the Battle of Britain on 16th August 1940, standard high form Luftwaffe officers peaked cap in blue grey cloth with silver wire piping to the crown and bordering the central ribbed band. Bullion embroidered Luftwaffe officers cap eagle and bullion officers cap cockade. Bullion officers cap cords with pebbled side buttons. Interior of the cap with grey leather sweatband having initial emblems ‘R T’ mounted. Interior with Pekuro tailors diamond to the crown. The cap shows some wear and is dusty and uncleaned. Accompanying the peaked cap is an original receipt dated 17-8-1968 from Hastings Military Shop, White House, 36-37 George Street, Hastings, East Sussex, Prop: R Johns / G Smith, which describes the peaked cap and the original price paid in 1968 “14 7 & 6”, the reverse of the receipt has inked provenance, “THIS CAP HAS BEEN IN MY POSSESSION SINCE FEB 1956 WHEN IT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY THE NEPHEW OF MR A UPTON A MEMBER OF 5TH SX BTN C COMPANY HOME GUARD. IT WAS SAID TO HAVE COME FROM A GERMAN BOMBER WHICH CRASHED IN HIGH SALVINGTON ON 16 AUG 1940” then signed by R Johns the proprietor of the shop. The Aircrew remembrance society gives the following details, “Mission: Bombing sortie to attack Great West aerodrome (Heathrow airport), England. Date: 16th August 1940. Time: 17.05 hours. Unit: 7 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 55. Type: Heinkel He 111P. Location: Honeysuckle Lane, High Salvington, Worthing, West Sussex, England. Pilot: Leutnant. Rudolf Theopold 58246/199 - Captured POW. Observer: Unteroffizier. Rudolf Hornbostel 58246/403 - Captured POW. Radio/Op: Gefreiter. Helmut Glaser 58246/128 - Captured POW. Flt/Eng: Unteroffizier. Albert Weber 58246/123 - Killed. Gunner: Gefreiter. Johannes Moorfeld 58246/411 - Killed. Intercepted and attacked by RAF fighters over the Brighton area. Intelligence & witness reports / local narrative : On the return leg of the sortie, this bomber was intercepted at 4:55pm over Brighton at 2,500 ft by three Spitfires MK1’s. These British fighters, which were being flown by 602 Squadron, City of Glasgow, Blue Section, were based at RAF Westhampnett near Chichester. Apparently, the Heinkel turned and flew in a westerly direction along the coast for approximately ten miles towards Worthing, probably trying to out manoeuvre the Spitfires, and trying to avoid the machine gun fire. Eyewitness reports describe how the Heinkel turned north upon reaching the outskirts of Worthing. At this point, subsequent reports deduce a lone Spitfire remained in pursuit of Flight Lieutenant Robert Findlay Boyd Spitfire N3227. This continued northwards towards the Oval in Findon where resident Brian Chappell saw the two planes from his home. “Sighted E/A (Enemy Aircraft) approx 1,000 ft above and coming towards us. Blue 1 did climbing turn and delivered beam attack, followed by Blue 2 who stopped one motor. Successive attacks were delivered by section until E/A crashed in waste ground approx 4 miles north of Worthing. Landed at 17:45 hours”. At this point the Heinkel turned southwest, flew over Rogers Farm and crash-landed at High Salvington in the field between Honeysuckle Lane and Cote Street. It had landed completely intact with its wheels still retracted and pointing south towards Highdown Hill. Although the plane had landed completely intact, Johannes Moorfeld and Albert Weber had died. German records state that Johannes Moorfeld died on the way to Worthing Hospital, although all other records state he died in the crash landing. Two other airmen were badly injured but the fifth airman escaped with only minor cuts and bruises. Soon after, the Home Guard, policemen and many others had arrived on the scene including a woman doctor who was called to attend the incident. Derek Round was unable to convince the soldiers that he was a local man, so they locked him in the ambulance with the five German airmen and took them to Worthing Hospital. Derek Round was then taken to the police station where he was interrogated and finally driven home. Shortly after the airmen had been taken away and although soldiers and the police were at the scene, it appears that they did nothing to stop souvenir hunters pulling the plane to pieces. A RAF Intelligence Officer also visited the site to evaluate the plane, just in case there was anything new onboard that they needed to know about. The oil, fuel, machine guns, ammunition and other items of interest were retrieved from the plane, although it is not clear whether this happened before or after the crowd pulled the plane to pieces. The three surviving crew members comprising Rudolf Theopold, Rudolf Hornbostel and Helmut Glaser were later sent to a Prisoner of War camp in Canada, although before this they were probably sent to Camp 11 at Trent Park in London for interrogation. The three airmen remained in captivity until 1946, and were then repatriated back to Germany. The two airmen who were killed, Albert Weber and Johannes Moorfeld, were presumably kept at Worthing Hospital until they were buried at Durrington Cemetery five days later on Wednesday 21st August 1940.”
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