Thread: ID of White 3 of 4./JG26 Bf109E possible ID near Vitry-en-Artois, near Douai, France?
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Old 17th November 2010, 13:44
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Re: ID of White 3 of 4./JG26 Bf109E possible ID near Vitry-en-Artois, near Douai, France?
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Originally Posted by Larry Hickey View Post
Hello,

... The pile of coal mining tailings (small mountains you called a coal-slack) is very large and would have been very, very prominant from many kilometers away at the time, alhtough it may not even be in evidence today. The rock and dirt could have been used as fill on a road or railroad bed, or just used as building gravel and it may not look today anything like it did back then. Probably only someone local from the Douai area is going to be able to solve this one. Hopefully, they can even find the small village in the background, which would give us the exact location. ...
Regards,
Hi Larry,

Not exactly for the first part: it's still there! at the entrance of Douai, nearby the highway.
And yes, it's not Roth's plane.

Cheers, Franck.
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