Montdidier Stendal Airfields Aerial Photos Link
 

I have added Montdidier and Stendal Airfield high res photos to my Flickr set of aerial photos and plan on adding more as time permits.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2455401...7609636214338/

Re: Montdidier Stendal Airfields Aerial Photos Link
 

Fabulous...no other words!

Thanks so much,

JV

Re: Montdidier Stendal Airfields Aerial Photos Link
 

Sorry but I could not stop myself asking. Do you have any aerial photos of Abbeville, St.Omer or Villacoublay airfields in France? No special orders really. Just my love to JG26.

Re: Montdidier Stendal Airfields Aerial Photos Link
 

The aircraft in the lower-left corner of the Dessau image:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2455401...57609636214338

looks to be a B-24 (correct engine placements plus fat body and round tail shadow)

Still looking at the other mystery "?" aircraft, current hunch is it could be a Si 204 or Ju 88,

Great images, thanks for sharing,

Cheers,
Chris

Re: Montdidier Stendal Airfields Aerial Photos Link
 

Thanks Chris

Your ID of the mystery aircraft as a B-24 is not that far-fetched since an undercarriage from a captured B-24 was incorporated in the JU 287 VI project at Dessau in 1944. My source for this is: Junkers Aircraft and Engines, 1913-1945 by Anthony L. Kay and Paul Couper. Can anyone confirm that this is a B-24 and how it wound up at Dessau?

Re: Montdidier Stendal Airfields Aerial Photos Link
 

This might be a good time to mention that a B-24 was fitted with a "Meddo" radar (Bodensuchradar). It was placed a little behind the wing in the bottom of the fuselage. The aircraft is identified as tail number 252106, "Sunshine."


Source - page 166 of Radarkrieg und Nachtluftverteidigung ueber Berlin, 1939-1945, by Helmut Bukowski.



Ed