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Old 20th April 2021, 08:52
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Re: eBAy: Captured german planes

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Originally Posted by Maciej Góralczyk View Post
Post #4493It looks very much alike WNr. 175140 captured at Melsbroek, but it is parked in 'normal' position whilst 175140 was captured on numerous photos as flipped on the nose, and reported as destroyed "when a boobytrapped 250 kilogram bomb buried under its engine exploded while it was being moved by American troops expanding the runway in mid-October 1944". Interesting...
It was W.Nr. 175140 from Melsbroek. Here is another photos from a horizontal position
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