He 219 found in Denmark !!!

[Brian Bines]

As Marcel says photo 3 shows the twin wheel undercarriage of a He 219 which along with his other comments would appear to confirm type identification. On Soren's site 'Airwar Over Denmark' he described the shooting down of He219 A-O 190107 on 21-5-1944 and says the Mustang of F/Lt Shirreff (19 Sqd) was hit by return fire from the rear gunner (Bf Uffz Tants) of what they initially thought was a 'Leo 45'. The aircraft attacked being the He219 190107 crashing south of Herning. If this He219 had a rear gun fitted is it possible MG15s may have been field-fitted on some aircraft for use by the Bf. Would the use of this older weapon offer a quick and simple fitting and the saddle drums would not have needed ammo boxes being fitted in the rear cockpit, as for later belt feed weapons, assuming any such fitting may have restricted the ejection seat. I know this does not help with the identity of the aircraft Kim found, but as this is a Discussion group the finding of a MG15 saddle drum is in itself of interest and queried by Kim.