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Re: Seeking photos of Ju88A-1 shot down in the Firth of Forth on 16.10.39
Ed,
Interesting theory which would explain the problem with the shield on the nose of the a/c that doesn't seem to fit either of the I./KG30 losses on Oct. 16, 1939, in the Firth of Forth. Besides the shield problem, it also has bothered me that this likely being a Fjord-type geography, where the crashes that day might well have been in very deep water, either of these plane wrecks might well have been very hard to reach by divers. It has also bothered me that there are no apparent records of this relatively intact a/c wreckage undergoing intense scrutiny by RAF Intel. Of course, a loss date of March 29, 1940, doesn't fit if Andy is correct about having once seen a photo with a date around the end of October, 1939, stamped on the back. I certainly think that it's worth asking now if this could be the March 29, 1940, loss undergoing salvage. Any more thoughts by anybody on this idea? Could Ed be onto something here?
"March 29, 1940: 6./KG30 Junkers Ju 88A-1. Shot down by naval AA fire and crashed into Cresswell Bay, off coast of Northumberland, 9.30 p.m. (Ff) Oberlt Rudolf Quadt (Staffelkapitän), (Beo) Fw Gustav Hartung, and (Bf) Uffz Andreas Wunderling killed, (Bs) Uffz Ernst Hesse missing. Aircraft 4D+AP 100% write-off.
The bodies of Oberlt Quadt, Fw Hartung, and Uffz Wunderling were recovered from the salvaged aircraft and buried at Chevington on April 9. The body of Uffz Hesse was later washed ashore on Lynemouth Beach and buried at Broomhill, East Chevington, on June 17."
If the photo posted by Peter Cornwell as part of this thread is the March 29, 1940, crash, where are the additional photos and documentation of the wreckage of that a/c after being salvaged? Surely the wreckage of that one should have received some serious attention by RAF Intel. Are we looking for records and info for the wrong a/c crash?
I'll be most interested to see what Peter C. and Andy S. think about this idea. In the meantime, I'm off to Dallas, TX for the weekend for a big family wedding (my nephew), leaving Peter C. to suck noxious gases from the corpses of dead cats. Yeeha!
Regards,
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