eBAy: Captured german planes

[Roger Gaemperle]

Originally Posted by ChristianK

Roger,
The Fw 200 from the same set of photos as your Ju 88 looks like D-AARB "Rheinland" which was supposedly captured at Pocking. So this might be the location of the airfield (even though the photos above are very blurry, so I might be totally wrong here).


Cheers,
Christian

Pocking makes sense indeed. The Ju 88 C-6 most likely belonged to 3.(F)/33. From the description in my book:

"3./(F)33 had operated in Greece and Hungary under Luftflotte 4 before it went back to the Reich just before the end of the war. (...) At the end of March 1945 the Staffel began its retreat from Hungary via Götzendorf and Markersdorf in Austria to Kirchham in southern Germany, where it arrived on April 9, 1945. One day later, the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL) ordered its disbandment. It may well be that it was at one of these airfields in Austria or Germany where this photo was taken."

Kircham was less than 10 kilometers from Pocking. According to ww2.dk there was a grass airfield with a surface of ca. 825 x 730 meters (900 x 800 yards). Pocking also had a grass airfield. Can we ID the airfield where these photos were taken as Pocking without a doubt or may these aircraft have been found at Kirchham instead?

Cheers, Roger