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Old 13th March 2015, 21:57
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Re: captured helicopter

Hi, guys!

The airfield in the first post by Snautzer is Cherbourg-Théville (nope: "Cherbourg-Querqueville" - see below). Typically French hangars pointed in the direction of a French airfield... (Both hangars and water tower can be seen in another picture of a Bf 109 when you google "cherbourg-theville luftwaffe".)

There are many more interesting pictures at Ebay - you can see a crane hoisting a Do 335 onto the HMS Reaper. The crane in question has the number BD-502 on it, which indicates it's a US Navy Derrick Crane Barge.

**tinyurl.com/o974lnu (replace ** with "http://")

EDIT: the correct name for the airfield in the picture is "Cherbourg-Querqueville"..! (Théville is to the east of Maupertus...)

Greetings,
Piet Bouma
The Netherlands

Last edited by Pete63; 14th March 2015 at 02:08. Reason: corrected geographical location
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