Seeking ID of Crashed French a/c Maldingen, Belgium 12.5.40
 

Hello,

Can anyone ID the aircraft type and details of this apparently French a/c SD at Maldingen, Belgium on 12.5.40?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251105424122...122%26_rdc%3D1

and

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251105424209...209%26_rdc%3D1

Any help would be appreciated. The tail wheel, visible in one of these photos, may be the clue needed to ID the a/c type.

Regards,

Re: Seeking ID of Crashed French a/c Maldingen, Belgium 12.5.40
 

Hi Larry,

The caption/text on the first picture shows 10.5 which is then corrected into 11.5. This seems logical because on 12.5 no aircraft were lost anymore this north. On the 12th all actions were targeting Bouillon.
However, on May 11 two attacks took place against the roads around St Vith, which is a few km north of Maldingen in the Ardennes.
Around 11.00 a.m. four Battles of No. 218 Sqn and four from No. 88 Sqn attacked. Seven were lost, the eighth (of 88 Sqn) being written off on return.
Of these seven, six have fairly accurate crash locations, none of which is close to Maldingen. There is one lost "towards St Vith":
Battle K9325 of No. 218 Sqn, the crew of F/O Hudson, Sgt Thomson and AC1 Ellis. They succesfully escaped (by parachute). No crash location or aircraft code known.
It could be this one.

As always speculation by deduction.
Of course open to any better explanation.

Regards, Pieter