what was the day of first snow on Toul A-90 in winter 1944
 

Hey all,

I'm trying to give a date at some (very famous) nice picts with 366th FS,358th FG planes in snow at Toul airfield A-90;

Do maybe someone know the exact day - it was probably still in november - when the first snows (about 5 to 10 cm) stayed on ground in Nancy-Toul, area, eastern France, in winter 1944?

November had been a very very rainy and ...muddy month, but it seems it should have given some first snow in november,

Thanks for a possible help!

Mathias

Re: what was the day of first snow on Toul A-90 in winter 1944
 

Good morning Mathias !

December 28th-29th. After the so called "Russische Hoch" from December 23rd to 27th, a snow period started on December 28th. If it is sunny on the photo, you may be in the 2nd week of January 1945.

Best wishes !

Horst Weber

Re: what was the day of first snow on Toul A-90 in winter 1944
 

Thanks Horst! for the very detailled answer!

The picts I thought about show the 366th FS planes on airstrip at Toul, with ground personnal sweeping the (10cm) snow; sky seems to be (dark) grey;planes are helping to put away the snow with their prop.

It seems that it allrdey had given some snow over the Vosges Montains around november 12h, but the picts in the Vosges mountains were taken some hundreds meters higher, on about 500/800 meters altitude, and in the Lorraine or Alsace, lower, I have seen no pict with snow for mid november.

I had seen some other picts with snow taken at Toul with the legend "nov 1944", but it probably was writen later or after war, and that caused a little mistake in the date (probably 1945 as you said)

Thanks for help!
Best feelings from France, Mathias