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Originally Posted by Merlin
The presentation of the fuselage code is typical for He 111 aircraft of Schleppgruppe 1 during the last month of WW II. Their last base was Hohenmauth (today Vysoké Mýto) some 30km east of Pardubice in the Czech Republic. All their remaining aircraft were blown up by the unit on VE day. I don’t knew if US forces really moved until this location in May 1945 before they gave up the area and the Russians moved in.
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Yes, the type of burning shown is typical for aircraft that had an explosive charge set around the midsection of the aircraft to deny its use by enemy forces. I have seen similar. It may be a German photo that fell into Allied hands.
Ed