Montdidier Stendal Airfields Aerial Photos Link

[cproyston]

The aircraft in the lower-left corner of the Dessau image:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2455401...57609636214338

looks to be a B-24 (correct engine placements plus fat body and round tail shadow)

Still looking at the other mystery "?" aircraft, current hunch is it could be a Si 204 or Ju 88,

Great images, thanks for sharing,

Cheers,
Chris

[blythsco]

Thanks Chris

Your ID of the mystery aircraft as a B-24 is not that far-fetched since an undercarriage from a captured B-24 was incorporated in the JU 287 VI project at Dessau in 1944. My source for this is: Junkers Aircraft and Engines, 1913-1945 by Anthony L. Kay and Paul Couper. Can anyone confirm that this is a B-24 and how it wound up at Dessau?

[edwest]

This might be a good time to mention that a B-24 was fitted with a "Meddo" radar (Bodensuchradar). It was placed a little behind the wing in the bottom of the fuselage. The aircraft is identified as tail number 252106, "Sunshine."


Source - page 166 of Radarkrieg und Nachtluftverteidigung ueber Berlin, 1939-1945, by Helmut Bukowski.



Ed