Date: 7th June 1940
Unit: 5 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 26
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3
Werke/Nr. Unknown.
Location: "La Palette", Beaumerie-St-Martin, France.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel. Friedrich Lorenz. Born 19.08.1910 in Handschuhsheim - Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down by return fire from a Bristol Blenheim SE of Montreil, France.
Original field grave of Friedrich, adorned with two props from his Bf 109 (Archive).
Burial details: Friedrich Lorenz rests in the Kriegsgraeberstaette in Bourdon, France. Block 30 Row 11 Grave 421.
Researched & compiled by Melvin Brownless (A R Society), June 2012.