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[ouidjat]

Originally Posted by Marc-André Haldimann

Correction; this K-4 picture does not stem from Noro's book... Getting old; I can't remember where I did see it. Maybe in your thread over on LEMB, Christian? As I have been locked out without any explanation, could you check this for me? Thanks!

Cheers
Marc

Hi my friend!!
I need an explanation here. This Bf109K-4 is supposed to have been "captured" in Ainring, didn't it?
See another thread on LEMB... Or maybe it's a different plane.
Since it wasn't clear, I googled for Ainring and discovered it was very close by Salzburg; 1km???? less, more or less?
Does it mean:
1/ the plane was found in Ainring then transported to Salzburg scrap, let say near by train transportation facilities for metal business?
2/ The plane was found in Ainring and the scrap was in Ainring, but memories said "Salzburg" 'cause it was easier to remember it?

Any comments about this?

Cheers, Franck.

[RolandF]

Hi Franck,

the distance from Neubiberg to Salzburg are 130 km, from Ainring to Salzburg are less than 10 km (in fact just across the river Saalach). Short enough to be confused with Salzburg-Maxglan

Regards

Roland

[ouidjat]

Hi Roland,

I think you did put your post when I was writing mine.
Now it's clear, at least you did confirm it was found in Ainring which is as close as you wrote from Salzburg-Maxglan.

Regards, Franck.

[RolandF]

Hi Franck,
No problem. But not a confirmation yet - I´m quoting from memory not having WOTBC5 at hand.
This webpage e.g.
http://www.ainring.info/historica/flugpl.htm
states that Ainring airfield ("Regierungsflughafen Reichenhall-Berchtesgaden") was gathering point for captured planes after the end of the war. So everything is left to be open.

Regards

Roland

[masmar]

Hi,
thank you guys for the explantion. It was completly new to me
Hi Roland, as producers for the big wooden tail units I know Schmepp/Hirth, Deutsche Edelmöbel/Butschowitz and Oberlechner/Spittal.
"Flugzeug- u. Metallbauwerk Wels" is only named as "Reperaturwerk" and I never heard that they were involveld in the K4 production???
Also see the following link: http://www.geheimprojekte.at/t_wels.html.
Maybe the aircraft was sent there after a manufacturing error occured while the flyover to a near airfield. That wasn't really uncommon to the end of the war.
Matthias