ME 262 identification

[luftquest]

I'm happy to contribute. The pic came up during a search for German dive bomber......
I'm trying to get a better understanding of airfield names and where pics were taken. I was reading about Brunnthal, Germany today which is said to be the collection site 12 miles south of Munich on the A8 Autobahn. http://lostimagesofww2.com/photos/places/brunnthal.php would this be the munich-riem site?

[ChrisMAg2]

Originally Posted by luftquest

I'm happy to contribute. The pic came up during a search for German dive bomber......
I'm trying to get a better understanding of airfield names and where pics were taken. I was reading about Brunnthal, Germany today which is said to be the collection site 12 miles south of Munich on the A8 Autobahn. http://lostimagesofww2.com/photos/places/brunnthal.php would this be the munich-riem site?

Hi, FYI,
München-Riem is located just a few miles EAST of Munich center and was a major aerodome. It was designed 1940 to replace the first civilian airfield in München-Oberwiesenfeld (the site of today's Olympic Village and Sportsarena). Brunnthal was just an alternate or shadow airfield.

[RolandF]

The distance between Riem and Brunnthal are some 15.5 kilometers...

Regards

Roland

[Dan O'Connell]

Hello Karl, how nice to see you! I hope you are well.

[edNorth]

Second "Munchen-Riem" foto is taken at Brunnthal, exactly in the scrapyard near the Autobahn.

Ed

[ouidjat]

Thanks Ed!

regards, Franck.

[luftquest]

Hi Franck,

a couple of white 9:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kemon01/5538749081/
http://www.xn--strahljger-w5a.de/html/buch.html

Do a google pic search for gotterdammerung luftwaffe wrecks and relics. The book cover shows white 9, white outline 34, and white f lined up. This should help with your thumbnail question

As for the second thumb, maybe. The rudder trim tab on both pictures are kicked over to the right and damage on the windshields seem to match.

About the best I can do with zooming in my browser.

craig

[luftquest]

Just a little update if the two pictures haven't been linked together in the past.

http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/u...0DJunkJV44.jpg

in this color picture is a small aircraft under the nose of the Dora (picture angle) and note angle of the Dora's props......

http://mrjohnsonssclasses.wikispaces...376/me262.JPG#

in this pic, the Dora prop is in view at the top left of the pic and the small plane is near the right wing of the 262.

any thoughts?

[Nordpol54]

Hello luftquest,

that small plane is a Bf 108.

Best Regards
Norbert

[RolandF]

Those planes were standing in a long row parallel to the airport buildings at the end of the war.
Among them two Fw190D of the Platzschutzstaffel JV 44, one (among two) communications Siebel 204D of JV 44 and several other abandoned Luftwaffe planes. Later shoved together at the border of the airfield
Most likely this Me 262 was part of JV 44 IMO.

Regards

Roland