eBAy: Captured german planes

[Marcel van Heijkop]

Originally Posted by Pegasus123

(Post No.2373 etc.)

Hi everyone
I bought this pics with the He 111Z because I am interested in this type from operational history at Dijon-Longvic and Dole-Tavaux.

Maybe I can bring "some more light in the darkness", there is a writing on the back, which says:
"5-motored German plane at airport near Beedenbostel, May 1945".

Beedenbostel is near Celle, in the triangle Celle-Wesendorf-Gifhorn in Lower Saxony.
As I see,there were some airfields used by the Luftwaffe in this area (-> www.ww2.dk).
Maybe someone of you can now exactly locate where this pictures have been taken.

Regards

Harry

As I own several pictures (from the guy who took them) of this He 111 Z when it was still flying and also as a wreck in April 1946 (i.e. a year after it was blown up and some 11 months after the Ebay pictures where taken), I'm quite sure it was Fliegerhorst Dedelstorf. When you compare the May 1945 photos with those from April 1946, they are virtually identical even down to the angle under which they were taken. Also, when you look at Larry deZeng's "Luftwaffe Airfields 1935 - 1945" at the above mentioned website, you will see that the presence of this aircraft is not illogical considering the training units stationed at Dedelstorf ("paratroops (Fallschirmjäger) training and as an NSFK glider school").

@Harry, I bought 2 of these He 111 Z wreck photos from the same series/seller. I'm willing to share info and scans. Would you please send me a PM?

Best regards,

Marcel