KG 51 Junkers 88 footage 1940-41 (90minutes)
 

Hi all,

Below is a url linking to 90 minutes of extraordinary home movie footage taken of the KG 51 Ju 88 force dated around 1940-41. This will be of interest to any Luftwaffe aficionados as it is unedited film of all aspects of the day to day running of this bomber wing. Of note are many shots showing servicing, crash landings, bombing up, dummy bombing runs and air to air footage alongside parades and the often overlooked general boredom of men inbetween sorties.

I hope it is of interest

Just copy and paste this into a browser and maximise the window.

http://www.archiv-akh.de/filme?utf-8...C%93&q=KG+51#1

Re: KG 51 Junkers 88 footage 1940-41 (90minutes)
 

Very nice! First time I see a Ju 88 doing an emergency landing.

Re: KG 51 Junkers 88 footage 1940-41 (90minutes)
 

Great! Thank you! Nice to see so many Ju88 with yellow engine cowlings.

Re: KG 51 Junkers 88 footage 1940-41 (90minutes)
 

Note early (April 1941) use of front nose MG FF on Ju 88A-5.

II/KG 30 Colour home movie - Aalborg May 1940
 

Hi all,

Another gem here in the form of a home movie which was shot around May 1940 of the II/KG 30 in what is believed to be Aalborg in Denmark.

The film is worth watching throughout as it shows very good quality Kodachrome film of the Ju88 force which begins at around 4 minutes. I guess they were in action at this time on possible anti-shipping ops as the crew are wearing yellow skull caps. You guys will know more I am sure.

Also featured is Werner Baumbach receiving a Knights Cross. I believe he was killed in 1953, ironically delivering an Avro Lancater to the Argentine air force.

http://www.archiv-akh.de/filme?utf-8...93&q=farbe#289

Re: II/KG 30 Colour home movie - Aalborg May 1940
 

The town shown at first is Aalborg Denmark. I'm not sure that the award ceremony is from Aalborg.

Junker

Re: II/KG 30 Colour home movie - Aalborg May 1940
 

The Ju88s appear to be A-1s from II./KG30, which would put them in the first half of 1940 and probably at Barth, Westerland or Oldenburg. The A-1s were probably replaced with A-5s in mid-1940. It'ds difficult to say for sure, but the one taking off from left to right at 1:18:56 appears to be an A-5 (longer, pointier wing).
Baumbach was awarded his RK in May 1940, and the video of him receiving it appears before the Ju88s. Does anyone know when he received it? Is there any information to suggest the video clips are in chronological order?
Peter

Re: II/KG 30 Colour home movie - Aalborg May 1940
 

Baumbach recieved his EK1 on the 4th of May and the Ritterkreuz on the 8th of May, 1940. Both times at Oldenburg where his unit had arrived on the 1st or 2nd of May.

Re: II/KG 30 Colour home movie - Aalborg May 1940
 

Interesting video! Thanks for sharing Phil.

Re: II/KG 30 Colour home movie - Aalborg May 1940
 

No Ju 88 A-5s are in this film. One "appears" be A-5 but just has aileron "up" (plane was taxiing) but aileron hinge is there, at the very tip, giving it away as A-1 also. I think all of film be shot in May/June period. A-5s only reaching front in late July/August 40.

KG 26 He111 Colour home movie - Summer 1940
 

Believed to have been shot in the Summer 1940 in France.

The sequence begins with the packing of aircrew parachutes and inflatable dinghies; although carried as standard, may suggest over channel ops?

No idea as to the air base but the He 111s which are being bombed-up/taxing and taking off have under fuselage hard points.

Also featured are yellow nosed 109s and other bomber types, plus the aftermath of a rather nasty He111 crash.

Hope is of interest.

http://www.archiv-akh.de/filme?utf-8...93&q=farbe#287

Re: II/KG 30 Colour home movie - Aalborg May 1940
 

What is of interest to me are the other RK winners in the movie-Hptm Claus Hinkelbein (Gr Kdr II./KG 30) and Ofw Willi Schultz of 6./KG 30 both of whom were awarded the RK 19 Jun 40

Re: KG 26 He111 Colour home movie - Summer 1940
 

Hallo,
Thanks for sharing. It is always very interesting to see "new" color footage.
The french town (harbourg) at the end of the film is probably Saint-Malo in Britany.
Regards.
RB

Re: KG 26 He111 Colour home movie - Summer 1940
 

The quality is poor, but the Geschwader code on at least one of the a/c looks like 1G - wouldn't that make it KG27?
Peter

Re: KG 26 He111 Colour home movie - Summer 1940
 

I think you are right Peter as this would tie into the Saint Malo footage. A wiki search threw up II/KG27 being based at Dinard, Brittany from July to September 1940.

2./JG77 Colour home movie - Johannes Trautloft August 1939
 

This is a unique colour home movie lasting around 30 minutes which was taken of 2nd Staffel JG 77 at Breslau shortly before the invasion of Poland.

Shot on American Kodachrome instead of the inferior Agfacolor it must rank amongst the best quality footage shot of an Me109E squadron. Amongst the film are sequences of briefings and mock takeoff plus general squadron activity of arming and servicing the aircraft. Highly recommend watching.

http://www.archiv-akh.de/filme?utf-8...s+trautloft+#2

Re: 2./JG77 Colour home movie - Johannes Trautloft August 1939
 

Amazing!