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Re: Photos 2-15
Hello!
Photo of the crashed Me 110 H8+CM ( Artikelnummer 170081592346 ) is particularily interesting for me. It looks it bears yellow ring so it's Eastern Front? It's plane from 4.(H)/Aufklärungsgruppe 33 which spent practically it's whole career at Eastern Front Leningrad (today St Peterburg) area.
The unit belongs amongst the most stationary Lw units that I know. According Michael Holm's site 4./33 was based at Siverskaya from May 1942 to August 43, but IIRC was there at least until the end of 1943 (I have to find the maps showing Luftflotte 1 dislocations amongst my papers). Possibly there still at February 1944, IIRC there are one or two of mentions in Finnish logs of H8+_M Me 110 reconnaissance flights over Gulf of Finland.
There are not so many big roads in Leningrad area (please correct me if I am wrong). It could be either the Tallinn-Narva- St. Peterburg road ( E20 ) or St. Peterburg - Pskov road ( E95 ). Refer to maps.google.com (choose maps or hybrid view to see road numbers).
The crash could well be at the Pskov road as Siverkaya is not far from the road. IF the crash was "ohne Feindeinwirkung" there aren't many of those for 4./33. Knowing the subtype ( E-3 or G-3) would narrow the search even more. Plus it is not wintertime.
Do the poles on road edge give any help for identificating the location? Were such poles used in Germany only? Do the cars give any hints about the location?
Wery long winged response, but 4./33 simply is one of the units I would like to know more. It's pity that the photos like this go so very expensive in auctions.
Any and all further remarks about the H8+CM photo(s) welcomed by me, the story behind them would be interesting to know.
Kari
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