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[Marc-André Haldimann]

Yo Christian, Franck, Roland and Matthias,

Christian: thanks for confirming the location, glad to know I still have some brain functions undamaged so far ;-))


Roland: your post opened a whole new world for me! I was totally unaware that this was in fact "Gelbe 5" from Ainring! Magic! I do have WOTB 5 here at home, and there it is, thanks to Mark Proulx's publication:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...7625380126592/
(Mark, I hope this is ok with you that I post this picture; if not, let me know and I will cancel it).

Talking about pieceing back the Past...

Matthias and Franck: thanks to you guys, I do understand now how close Wels, Salzburg and Ainring were... Good to know this, and imagine the US pilots hopping around with former Luftwaffe machines in order to collect them from one spot to the other (All this for the scrapper's axe...). This is by itself a whole new field of study... A good book subject.

Cheers
Marc

[ChristianK]

Don't neglect the possibility that the "Ainring" info in WotBC 4 is just wrong. The airfield this "5+" was found at could very well be Salzburg. Please note the mountain formation typical for other Salzburg pics in the background of the first shot in WotBC 4, page 4.

It is also not ultimately proven that the K-4 in the ebay shot and the two K-4s in WotBC are the very same aircraft. It is most likely, to be honest, but still..