Where was this He177 found?

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello Christian, hello Guillaume,

Wonderful news ! Because of the circular blast walls (as for the He219's) I already suspected that it must have been Lechfeld, but as I could not prove it was, the location of this particular He177 - apparantly photographed in the same run as the He219's - could help to confirm that these He219's were found at Lechfeld and not at Cheb/Eger.

Eric: I am researching the history of the He219 quite some time now, resulting in a database of over 970 records in order to clearify many contradictions in photo captions, numbers of produced He219's and even errors in some primary sources. How can I reach you off board ? I would like to ask some specifics about the Werkenummer of those He219's (I have only the pictures as downloaded from EBay). My mail address: marcelhogenhuis[at]gmail.com

Many thanks for the responses of your both!

Best regards, Marcel

[ChristianK]

While we're at it - can it be that Bf 110 "F2+YN" from Ergänzungs-Fernaufklärungsgruppe was photographed at Lechfeld too?

[Eric GUILLAUME]

Christian,
Only "+YN" is visible on the photos, the other one is DV+IM, and the photo have "lechfeld 12/45" one the backside.
Best regards.
Eric

[ChristianK]

Oh, DV+IM too? That's new information for me, thank you Eric! BTW, the "F2"-code is visible on some shots of this plane, e.g. the attached ones. Source is an old Tonelli auction.

Regards,
Christian