[musec04]

Stig,


Well, I definitely don't have anything definitive.But this looks like the early war period as indicated by the fact that some at least of the machines have crosses. However, what strikes me as a possibility is that the machines cover a range of time including from just before the war, for the machines without crosses.I don't however, regard it as unusual for aircraft operated by company run Fliegerersatz Abteilungen not to have Bestellnummern. In fact I would say from photographic evidence that is fairly common.



Given that there seems to be aircraft from a variety of manufacturers shown in the photos I would speculate that some aircraft must either have been ordered by the school itself or alternatively perhaps assigned centrally by the army(?).But in truth,I'm complely in the dark about how the company run Fliegerersatz Abteilungen received their machines when not built by themselves. Huge gaps in my knowledge I'm afraid.



The only clue to location appears to be the reference to Hagenau on the rear of one of the photos. The nearest school,of which I'm aware, would be FEA 5 at Hannover.This did at least exist from early in the war, so may be a possibility.


Regards,


Clint