Ju88 at Aldborough, East Yorkshire.

On the 8th of July 1940 this aircraft were to attack convoys, they were spotted off Scarborough by two 41 Sqdn Spitfires and attacked by them which wounded the German gunner and one engine was hit and put out of action. The Ju88 then turned and made for land almost certainly realising that they would not be able to fly home. Before they could do any more they were attacked again by three Hurricanes of 249 Sqdn. The pilot of the Ju88 ordered his crew to bale out before, it would appear, control was lost and the aircraft crashed near Aldborough to the south of Hornsea at 11.42hrs. The pilot was killed in the crash. The three crew landed near Hornsea; of interest is that one landed nearby at East Carlton Farm and was taken prisoner by Mrs Eveline Cardwell who was unarmed. She was later awarded the BEM for efforts in detaining the German airman and was presented the medal by King George VI at Hornsea on 1st August 1940. Winston Churchill used Mrs Cardwell's actions as good propaganda and visited Hornsea at the same time. The citation for the BEM reads..

""With great pluck and presence of mind Mrs Cardwell disarmed and took into custody an airman who had landed by parachute from an enemy aircraft during an attack on North East England on Monday 8th July 1940.""

Pilot - Hptmn Kurt Rohloff (53558/1), Buried Cannock Chase, Staffs. Staffelkapitan of 9/KG4.

Gunner - Uffz George Abel, PoW.

W Op - Uffz Artur Kuhnapfel, PoW.

Mech - Uffz Heinz Oechler, PoW.