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Old 17th February 2012, 03:41
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Re: Seeking photos of Ju88A-1 shot down in the Firth of Forth on 16.10.39

Hi all,

Here come my two pennies on the Ju 88 photo. First I may point out II/KG 30 emblem. This Group was activated at Barth on 01.12.1939 but only began operations in March 1940 (because of weather). This rules out 16. October 1939 crash in my mind.

Possible harbour or harbour cranes. No luck on cranes in Scotland and elsewhere. Harbour? Only one I found matching in Britain is perhaps Whitby. A lot further south than Edinburgh and Port Seton, even futher south than "Cresswell Bay" [Druridge Bay, near Cresswell, North-Humberland] . Does harbour stucture in background in Ju 88 photo look similar to Whitby´s? Maybe one of Scotlands harbours has such pier and cranes, I do not know.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/226240

Then to II/KG 30 aircraft salvaged. Attached is detail of K-Report on Ju 88 aircraft, downed by AA fire, matching what I belive likely had intact canopy upon salvage: The 4D+AP (Yellow A) had three of its crew found still inside of it and lots of papers. Report does not state aircraft serial number.

Regards
ed
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