New Scan Aerial Photo Oschersleben May 30, 1944

[blythsco]

Lots of aircraft on the field including mystery aircraft at top left:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24554019@N06/4611549617/

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Hello Scott!

Could it be a "dummy" aircraft ( made of wooden )?
Seems very tinny...
Adriano

[jvmasset]

Hello Scott!

I think the A/C is a Ju-87. The revetements on the left airfield limit both sides of the firing butt contain several Bf-109, so the compared scale is about right, and the plan shape of the wings would fit rather well...

JV

[blythsco]

Thanks Adriano and JV

That does look potentially like a Stuka. I am not so sure that it is a dummy or decoy. I tried to count the aircraft on the ground and stopped at 30 or so. There are probably quite a few more. You will probably recall the 1st aerial photo which I posted of Oschersleben which did not show the entire scissors runway. I think this one shows more of the damage to the factory buildings as well. I visited my father a few weeks ago and obtained this new photo as well as the 2nd Dessau photo which had been lost for a long time.

Cheers
Scott Blyth

[RT]

On the left a shooting range ??