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Old 14th June 2013, 01:21
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Re: Any confirmation of H.J. Marseille crash in France in summer 1940 ?

Hi Larry, I have a copy of the booklet you mention above and I can agree there is a photograph of this particular aircraft.
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Old 14th June 2013, 06:48
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Re: Any confirmation of H.J. Marseille crash in France in summer 1940 ?

Welcome tmolitor!

.... Hemmm, can you share a scan please?

Regards, Franck.
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Old 14th June 2013, 08:44
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Re: Any confirmation of H.J. Marseille crash in France in summer 1940 ?

Hello,

Here are the two photos that I know of relating to the FL a/c at "Calais-Marck" with a note that they show an a/c of "3.(J)/LG2" flown by "Marseille." I presume that these photos were captioned from information provided by Heinz Nowarra, and come to us via the Peter Petrick and Jochen Prien Collections. I seriously question this identification as one of Marseille's crashes because his first of three with this unit was on 2 Sept 1940, when he crash-landed a "White 14" from 1.(J)/LG2 at Calais-Marck. By this time the rudder should have been painted white or yellow, or at least tipped in white or yellow. Instead it is covered by a heavy two-tone mottle of gray and green. No a/c code is visible due to the angles. Obviously, this was at or immediately after harvest time on the Pas-de-Calais. Based upon the rudder alone, it seems to me that this would more likely be late-July-early August, before the white or yellow tactical markings were applied on the rudder. If this was a 3 Staffel a/c, it wasn't likely to be Marseille, who was with 1 Staffel.

What I'm hoping by posting these is that someone will recognize other views of this a/c that may have appeared on eBay, or in other sources, that provide further identification of the a/c, perhaps even displaying a unit insignia. The grain shocks may help correlate these with other views of the crash-landing.

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Old 14th June 2013, 10:27
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Re: Any confirmation of H.J. Marseille crash in France in summer 1940 ?

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Interesting; these little factoids were not mentioned in his 'Star of Africa' bio; sure there was the usual commentary from his commanding officers in France who found him 'rather eccentric & lacking in discipline' but I never heard anybody mentioning he might be 'whacked'...got any details/anecdotes to share?
It was published in a very ancient article in a long forgotten US magazine of the 70s written by a Canadian who had a French name (can't remember neither his name nor the publication's title).
Marseille did not say he could have been "whacked", rather than the surgeon seemed to wonder whether HJ had crashed on purpose three times at the same place (or nearly so).
This bio was remarkably detailed with many anecdotes, such as when he prevented the intendant at Derna, who had just given his pay, to put the official stamp on the box reserved to decorations. The guy looked at him straight in the eyes and told him: because you think you will get the Ritterkreuz one day? Marseille would have answered: Of course, I will! The story goes that the intendant replied: Tell me your name, young man, so that I can remember it the day it will happen (it happens?).
And many others regarding his relationships with his Staffelkapitän and his Gruppenkommandeur, which were tense on many occasions.

If I can recall the author's name, I'll post it.

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Old 14th June 2013, 20:38
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Re: Any confirmation of H.J. Marseille crash in France in summer 1940 ?

Hi Everyone,

Larry has the same picture I have from my booklet. If I have a better quality picture I'll scan it and send it on to everyone. This may take a few days. Im currently away on Holiday.
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Old 14th June 2013, 23:46
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He said he was treated each time by the same surgeon who became suspicious about his mental health.
Actually, the senior staff doctor, asked him when the next time he was planning to show up so that he could receive him properly.

Perhaps he crashed landed 3 times at Cap Griz Nez was because its was the closest point to France from Dover.
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Re: Any confirmation of H.J. Marseille crash in France in summer 1940 ?

Regarding the lack of I.D. colors, the yellow wingtips and wedge on the top part of the rudders seems to have been introduced in early August. By the time I./LG2 was based in Holland so they probably didn't use them. I belive they did use the white wingtips and rudder markings that started to appear on crashed 109's in Britain on September 2, 1940. So if the crash in the photos was in France it seems likely to be around the last week of August as I./LG2 relocated from Holland to Calais-Marck on August 22 and ought to have had the white wingtips and rudder painted on come September.

This assuming the photo IS from France and really showing an LG2 aircraft...

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Old 21st June 2013, 11:35
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Re: Any confirmation of H.J. Marseille crash in France in summer 1940 ?

Anecdotes: just recalled the author's name: a Lavigne (don't have his first name).
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