eBAy: Captured german planes

[Marcel van Heijkop]

Originally Posted by ChristianK

Thank you very much indeed Marcel
Great info - may I ask what's your source for the story with the "borrowed" night fighters? Also for your allocation of the He 111 Z to Dedelstorf?


Cheers,
Christian

Hi Christian (and Jim),

My sources for the "borrowed night fighters" are interviews with 2 former I./KG66 members (and they told it independent of each other). According to the Kennzeichen (aircraft codes) in my I./KG66 Flugbuch collection, apart from "White A" and "White E" there were at least 6 other different Ju 88 G-6's with I./KG66. PS Airfield in question was Neubrandenburg and as several Ju 88 G-6s had "D5+..P" in their previous Kennzeichen, they must have belonged to 6./NJG3 at a certain stage.

Regarding the He 111 Z: When I./KG66 arrived at Dedelstorf in mid September 1944, glider activity was still going on. The He 111 Z was possibly used for towing them in the air. One 1.Wart (Crew Chief) of 1./KG66 took pictures of the He 111 Z in flight and close to touchdown. These pictures are now in my collection. Unfortunately the weather conditions (sunshine) on that day prevented a clear picture of the aircraft code on the side. I'll have a look at the negatives to see if I can sharpen/enlarge them just a bit to make them readable again. Some time later the "Zwilling" was parked on the edge of the airfield and possibly camouflaged. The aircraft was blown up in April 1945 to prevent it from being captured by the Americans. A year later, the now former 1. Wart returned to Dedelstorf and took pictures of the wrecks of the He 111 Z and a Go 242. His pictures are remarkably similar to the ones offered on Ebay (see pictures a few pages back on this thread).

Hope this helps,

Marcel