Set of photos - Cham airfield and others (?) 1945

[Simon Schatz]

WoW! Christian thank you for the links! Amazing pics from Austria!

The B-24 is a B-24J(44-41108) of 747. BS 456. Bomber Group, 15 AAF. The plane was lost during a raid to Prag (March 25, 1945)

Source: Martin Handig's "Verluste der deutschen Luftwaffe in Österreich September 1943 bis März 1945

I have no idea where cham airfield was. In the mentioned book it's located as Linz Hörsching or maybe Gmunden. If you notice the mountains in the background Gmunden is more realistic.

Cheers, Simon

[ChristianK]

Hi Simon, you're welcome and thanks for the ID of the B-24! Cham is actually located in Upper Palatia/Bavaria, close to the czech border. However, this area also doesn't seem to feature such high mountains as visible in some of the photos. So I guess there is a good possibility that the airfield with the B-24/Ju 52s isn't Cham, albeit the owner says so. On the other hand, I have never visited Cham personally, so others are free to correct me. Is there another photo of this aircraft grouping in Handig's book? Regards, Christian