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Posted Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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On This Day in History - August 12, 1940
Photo Taken On This Day Mays Farm, Selmeston. Locals watching troops and police inspecting Unteroffizier Leo Zaunbrecher's Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1 "Red 14" from 2./JG52, August 12, 1940.
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