[Marc-André Haldimann]

Dear Karl,

Your mention of DB 605D's stacked on trolleys sent me spinning once more through my bookshelves, and there I found them:

Hildebrandt, C. (1988), Broken Eagles 2, Bf 109G/K, Fighter pictorials, p. 9.

I scanned as a whole both published pictures - the DB 605D's and the wing sets in front of the northern Schlossberg tunnel entrance. Thanks for all your excellent data, Roland, they help so much to get a correct picture of the Wertheim scene. As you can see, Hildebrandt's caption also clearly states a "near Wertheim" location for the DB 605D's. Analysing the surrounding on this photograph, one notices they are parked on quite a steep street amdist partly damaged houses. Checking on GoogleEarth, I do see a possible location immediately east of the Schlossberg tunnel northern entrance: a steep road with buildings matching the position of the ones seen on the 1945 photograph. The closest trolley would be next to the grouped buildings standing between the road following the Main bank and the steep street.

Masmar, your query is very much to the point, your scenario interesting. Obviously, a lot did happen in supply channels between March and April 1945... I would be of course highly interested to see your current Bodenwöhr pictures!

Cheers
Marc