[Adriano Baumgartner]

Franck, am not making conclusions...I am suggesting further researches, nothing more...am not specialist neither on LW, neither on Ju 52 or those two areas of Europe (Geographical details, etc.).

However I can see, like you, what is on the picture:
1- This is NOT winter so we can rule out from Ian's researches the two losses on winter (December and January)
2- There are some cliffs or low cliffs on the left side of the picture which does matches the surrounding (panorama) of Wilna and not Trapani area as I thought before wrongly;
3 - The BAND on the fuselage indeed seems to be YELLOW (pointing to the Eastern Front) rather White (Mediterranean Front);
4- We found some persons named Bolzi in Italy...(could lead towards the Trapani loss);
5- The machine do have the Flaps down...do not know if it was standard to raise them after landing or not...maybe the flyers used to let them down, ready for a quick take-off (some still do that);
6- Crew seems to have had time to evacuate (and one do not see strikes near the rear gunner place);
7- The plane seems to have bogged down or finished its course on some kind of geographical degree (near the bushes in the front)...or the landing gears collapsed. What do you think guys? Anyway...was it pushed there (if it was an air-to-ground strike by Russian planes)?
8 - the machine is coded ?? + MT as shown on the photograph...and IAN found some of the Ju 52 losses with the codes ending + MT....are there more??? or just those found by Ian??

Am just trying to open new roads...as I said, am not a specialist.


Adriano