[jvmasset]

Hello Scott!

Photo interpreting is something I have always loved (as well as map reading, Google Earth etc). There is still a Germany photo which is eluding me (photo 34)...without orientation and approximate area, it is very hard to identify!
You are right about the planes; I will look more!
In the "Bois de l'Alleu" photo, the small airfield just south of Orléans/Bricy airbase, you can see a bunch of JU-88 or -188. One can even distinguish their white or yellow color band around the rear fuselage...
In the Dessau photo (remember Dessau was Junkers home) there is a B-24 with a small bit of the left wing missing! The silhouette is a lot more consistent with a B-24 than with a Ju-290 (the latter would be expected in Dessau)
Otherwise going clockwise on the photo starting at the B-24, I would think a Ju-252 or more probably 352 (large twin or three-engined A/C with a forward fuselage a bit out of the usual proportions), then in front of the hangar, maybe another 352 and a visiting He-111, then 2 Ju-188 (maybe 88: that would be clear on the original, not so much on the scan!), then another 352 and a 188 (closer to the hangar).
The next one is another story: it does not seem to be a transport (narrow fuselage), the outer wing dihedral is rather high and they have quite a wide wingspan: the general shape would make me think of a He-177. The last one I believe it to be another 352.
Now what's interesting is the aircraft visible inside the camouflaged pen beside the upper large hangar...a very large aircraft (app. 42 m wing span, based on comparative measurement with the 352) which must be a Ju-290 (42 m wingspan!)
In the Köthen series, one can see several Ju-52, Ju-88 and Me-109: there are two larger ones in large earthmound-protected pens, but I could not identify them. They may be JU transports??
The Laon-Athies is an interesting one: no A/C visible (all of them have their own half-moon hangar), but two runways are lighting equipped, and the taxiways seem also to have at least guidance markings, perhaps even lights, going up to the hangar entrance. Laon was home of various NachtJagdGeschwader all along the war.
On the Laupheim photo, one can see several Bf-110, including at least two destroyed.
On the Stendal photo, a gaggle of Bf-109 can be seen in the upper left corner.

And to conclude, I must say that the Ghent/St Denis airfield photo is one of the most beautiful airfield photos I have ever seen...your father must not have flown very high for this one!

Amically,

JV