Re: Identity of Ju-52 lost Berlin April 1945-East West Axis
 

BTW, I didn't spot the Ju 52 picture in my copy of Le Tissier's "The Battle of Berlin 1945" — I have the 2008 History Press paperback version. Is it not in that edition or did I just miss it?

Re: Identity of Ju-52 lost Berlin April 1945-East West Axis
 

lol.. and the plot thickens!

Re: Identity of Ju-52 lost Berlin April 1945-East West Axis
 

Ok, here's a copy of a Xerox copy I have.

The description below is from Erich Kuby's book "The Russians and Berlin:1945" on April 26th.

"The first to arrive were two Ju-52s which landed on the East West crossover near the Victory Column...The planes landed safely. They brought in anti tank ammunition which was unloaded under Soviet fire. Wounded men were driven up from a hospital and loaded into the bays some of them on stretchers. Only one of the planes managed to take off again;the other brushed against a house and crashed."

Re: Identity of Ju-52 lost Berlin April 1945-East West Axis
 

Meanwhile, back in the Bunker his undetectable double was keeping busy and someone was proposing a landing strip at Wannsee (see the attached information from Ultra).

Re: Identity of Ju-52 lost Berlin April 1945-East West Axis
 

very good Nick ! ..got to post that somewhere else if you have no objection...:D

'double' had presumably been throughly briefed on the military situation ..and knew what he talking about ;)

Re: Identity of Ju-52 lost Berlin April 1945-East West Axis
 

Go ahead!

Re: Identity of Ju-52 lost Berlin April 1945-East West Axis
 

Not a Ju52.. looks like a DFS-230 glider.

Re: Identity of Ju-52 lost Berlin April 1945-East West Axis
 

This was in Budapest, according to issue 40 of After the Battle magazine.

Re: Identity of Ju-52 lost Berlin April 1945-East West Axis
 

Thanks.. I'll have to dig through my ATB mags! Saw this pic online under "Berlin 1945"... guess it goes to show, got to be careful of the stuff you get off the internet.