Originally Posted by benten
Found a picture on internet......... of a litle brooch of a plane with paratrooper , text: “ Wir fahren gegen Engelland”. Made as a souvenir for the Battle of Britain.

German airforce crew that was shot down above England , landed by parachute… (and if alive, were captured ).

The most famous German man that landed by parachute in England was…… Hess , 1941.


That is a nice brooch. Very interesting.

Rudolf Hess landed in Scotland, not England. He landed near a village called Eaglesham, not far from where I grew up.
So... 'Wir fahren auch gegen Schottland!' laugh

Cheers,
Stephen