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Old 3rd March 2018, 02:09
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Re: Hurricane on Crete beach

I think it may be Z4632 that crash landed near Chanea, Crete, 26/05/41.

What I am looking at is the background landmass at the middle left side of the picture. It has a rather distinctive shape. Compare it to this view at Stalos Beach, just west of Chanea. I think it is the same island.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5193...7i13312!8i6656



Location of the crash would be roughly here: 35.516036, 23.940657 (copy/paste into Google Maps or Google Earth). Google Maps has a street-view walk along the beach.

The island in the background is Agioi Theodorori.


I don't think this is the location of the 109 crash. This photo shows both planes:
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/...y-1941-01.html

And this photo shows the 109:
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/...y-1941-02.html

The backgrounds, particularly of the 109 don't seem to fit the Stalos Beach location.
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