Photos + 10-14

[CJE]

Originally Posted by edwest2

I wonder how the Japanese got there? I have seen other photos Of Japanese officers.

Simply by flying over Soviet Union which was friendly to both Axis powers until June 1941.

[RT]

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Heinkel-He-21...3D282218880080

What is exactly the utility of these things ??

Rémi

[Snautzer]

Looks like templates for wing ribs etc

[sidney]

Originally Posted by CJE

Simply by flying over Soviet Union which was friendly to both Axis powers until June 1941.

That is a possibility unless some love was lost in mid-1939, see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol

[Col Bruggy]

Originally Posted by Snautzer

#6 Potez 63-11 Captured and in German service
#16 Ju86 in winter tarn have not seen that before
#19 Tupolev SB-2 Katiuska (prob czech build Avia B-71)
#20 Potez 63-11 Captured and in German service
#24 Vickers Wellington No. 115 Squadron. Type: Wellington IC. Serial: R1379. Coded: KO - B. story of her crew and nightfighter pilot here: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/anderson-john.html

Hello,

Required reading on #24 No.115 Squadron Wellington IC R1379:

Shot Down:A Secret Diary of one POW's Long March to Freedom.
Kerr,Alex.
Newport:Big Sky Publishing,2015.

Alex Kerr RAAF, was the 2nd pilot aboard Wellington IC R1379.

Col.

[CJE]

Originally Posted by sidney

That is a possibility unless some love was lost in mid-1939, see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol

In April 1941, Japan and SSSR signed a non-aggression pact, which lasted until 9 August 19I45.

[sidney]

Originally Posted by CJE

In April 1941, Japan and SSSR signed a non-aggression pact, which lasted until 9 August 19I45.

Yes, but the non-aggression pact does not mean that the high-ranking Japanese officers were flying across the USSR at will, or immediately after the pact was signed. And then, they would have roughly two-months for this supposed fly-over before the operation Barbarossa began.

Perhaps they got to Germany in a submarine instead.

[edwest2]

Originally Posted by RT

Japs + french fighters, probably occupying Viêt-Nam, but it was pretty late ..

Rémi

During the time period, Vietnam was part of Indochina. I have no idea what the French were doing there.



Ed

[edwest2]

Originally Posted by sidney

Yes, but the non-aggression pact does not mean that the high-ranking Japanese officers were flying across the USSR at will, or immediately after the pact was signed. And then, they would have roughly two-months for this supposed fly-over before the operation Barbarossa began.

Perhaps they got to Germany in a submarine instead.

Yes, goods, and personnel were traded under a program called Yanagi.



Ed