Photographs to be identified / Need help.
 

Hello,
I need help identifying the items in the following photos. They belong to my archives and they are the only ones for which I am not sure of the proper identification. I apologize for the awful copyright that appears but I intend them for future publication.
I thank you for the help you can bring me.

JF

1- http://img4.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_650592FW190.jpg

2- http://img4.hostingpics.net/thumbs/m...W190Hangar.jpg

3- http://img4.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_341254Me109.jpg

4- http://img4.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_670877Me110.jpg

5- http://img4.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_329748Gotha.jpg

6- http://img4.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_571713JU88.jpg

7- http://img4.hostingpics.net/thumbs/m...109Roumain.jpg

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FWIW, I did purchase a copy of the same Bf 110 image (4). On the reverse it shows ECPA Photo with a note that Reproduction Forbidden. It gives a reference number of DAA 1265 L 30. Sorry, I can't add any particulars to the image.

Mark Proulx

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Hi Mark,

I think most of these photos are at the ECPAD ... This organization has copyright on most documents without checking if there are originals. This creates many conflicts. To publish, we must now proceed prudently.

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n°7 Appeared in AIRMAG Hors serie n°1 on p15 as a Bf 109 E-3 of the 7th Fighter Group (Photo ECPA)

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You cannot copyright those pictures if you did not take them, or legally did not get the copyright from the person who did.

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You are absolutely right. I'm thinking about that now. These problematic photos are for two reasons: lack of exclusive use and lack of intellectual property. Henceforth I must consider myself as owner of the photographs of which I have the original negative. Fortunately, I have a number of them.
That said, I still have not answered the question of identification ...

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The JU 88 seems to be a forced landing near Sevastopol sometime in 1943

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The Romanian Bf 109 is Grupul 7 (Escadrila 56; 57; 58) - Group 7 (Squadron 56; 57; 58)

Romanian Air Force Bf 109E of 58 Esc, Grupul 7, before take off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORsGrWD3v6g

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Hi

The Bf 109 G-2 belonged to 6./JG 51.

best wishes
JoMe

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Are you sure? The background looks like France, Belgium or The Netherlands to me. The a/c also doesn't seem to have a yellow theatre band.

Regards,
Rudi.

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In respect of photo 6, taken from my forthcoming book:

Sitting on the beach near Calais is Ju 88 A-5 F, Wk Nr 0495 coded VG+DS of 3.(F)/11. In the mid-afternoon of 24 March 1941, Plt Off Bob Spurdle and Sgt Bill Dales of 74 Sqn were patrolling off Ramsgate when they spotted a lone Ju 88 flying south-west. Both pilots gave chase with Spurdle opening fire after which the Ju 88 turned towards France in a shallow dive. Bill Dales now chased but was disappointed when the German aircraft entered cloud. However, when they both emerged from cloud, he was only 300 yards behind so he immediately opened fire, closing to 200 yards, breaking away to starboard and then attacking from that side and from below. Firing a two second burst, he saw bullets entering the fuselage and noticed the port wheel was slightly down and both engines were emitting white and brown smoke. When Bill broke off six miles off the French coast, the German aircraft was just above the surface of the sea and the engines appeared to be "...only ticking over...". Both RAF pilots returned to RAF Manston in Kent and all that they claimed was a Ju 88 probably destroyed. Ofw Gerhard Lilienthal (F) and Ofw Johann Reiniecken (BF) were both wounded and the aircraft was so badly damaged that it never flew again. Wk Nr 0495 first flew at Bernburg on 30 September 1940 and was so new on its unit that codes had not been applied .

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GQM reports on 21-12-41 with Ber. e) [correction e)] that Ofw Lilienthal and Ofw Reinicken were corrected from wounded to unhurt. They must have recovered from wounds and maybe back to flying status.

Regards,
Norbert

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After close examination, the Bf 110 is a 'D' variant. A very rare bird indeed - radar on such an early variant...