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Old 1st December 2009, 19:35
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Re: Bodenwöhr Waldwerk - Mtt Bf 109 K-4 assembly lines 1944 - 1945

Fliegerhorst,

could you please check out how the Bf 109s found their way from the western mouth of Schlossberg tunnel to Wertheim airfield? Bf 109 fuselages could be towed on their undercarriages which is rather easy on flat ground or downhill, but from Schlossberg tunnel to the airfield there are about 200 meters difference in height. Too much to be towed, imo.

If there is no airfield railway in Wertheim - bigger Fliegerhorste had those railways - maybe an other airfield close to Wertheim was suited to make the birds airborne?

Obertraubling-Stauffen e.g. had such a railway for the Me 262. The Bf 109s were towed from Hagelstadt-Gauting on their own landing gears.

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Roland
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