wrecks in north africa
 

hi,

does anyone know, if lists exist, which show the german planes left behind in northern africa?

all the best
jim

Re: wrecks in north africa
 

Jim

The very short answer is yes. I have a fair amount of these in various files. You're steering a bit off your normal area of interest aren't you ? You've got my e-mail so feel free to drop me a line.

Steve

Re: wrecks in north africa
 

Perhaps the attachment maybe of interest. The date on the press release is 11/16/42. The location is given as a "recently captured Axis airfield somewhere on the Egyptian desert."

Re: wrecks in north africa
 

Jochen Prien, in his 'JG 77' history, did list many captured/abandoned 109s from the Mediterranean theater. These are from Allied intel reports I think, but since Prien's focus in his books was of the 109, only these types were listed. I haven't seen these reports from the Med, but do have many others from France and Germany from 44-45. If the Med reports are anything like the 44-45 stuff, I suspect there is much more interesting information to be delved from these by the Lw enthusiast community. I've been trying to find a source for these for several years with no luck so far. Jim P.

Re: wrecks in north africa
 

Maybe could be visit and explore sites of the former bases? If some material was not transported or scraped, maybe something is still under sand.

Re: wrecks in north africa
 

You will find a wealth of information in NA AIR 40/2158 for aircraft found in Tunisia, there is also information for Comiso in NA AIR 40/2159 and Sardinia in NA AIR 40/2160

There may be more files out there, but these are the only ones I have seen.

Re: wrecks in north africa
 

Just to hope that there will be yards like this one:

http://www.usaaf.co.uk/forum/viewtop...st=0&sk=t&sd=a

But as well there is sand, preservation could be very good!!

Re: wrecks in north africa
 

hi folks!
thanks for your input! i also thought about the fact what might be under the african sand...
all the best
jim