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Faenor · #1 27th September 2020, 06:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

Asisbiz (whoever that is) should be treated with caution.
L1937 was destroyed 10 Oct 1939 6km south of Dorking, Surrey and I doubt it ever landed on any French soil.
Photo must be a line up before the war, most likely on the units homebase in 1939.
Also the code OP was the units pre-war code. When it went to France in May 1940 it certainly used QO

Cheers
Stig

Hi Stig,

use just for check the camo scheme - it is different, so the crash landed plane from France 1940 is probably L1932.

And thanks for the info about plane L1937 - it is missing in my archive and you save my time :-)

Faenor

edwest2 · #2 27th September 2020, 23:27

Tom Willis · #3 4th October 2020, 10:02

Clearly Blenheim IV - R3606 has been moved from it's original resting place to either the outskirts of the existing landing field or to another location. But if to another location why?
The usual practice was for the recovery units (Bergebattalions) to recover enemy aircraft for either further examination or scrapping etc. Any large collections of Allied enemy equipment were put into temporary Beute-Sammlung (Collection points) to see what was to be salvaged - aircraft were usually dealt with at the various airfields where they were to be initially located at and dealt with there en-masse. Odd aircraft could be found at the Collection points but this was rare.
These photos of odd Blenheim wrecks appear to be from one perhaps the same location and moved to the edges of open fields - this was sometimes done if the Germans wanted this as a new or a dummy-airfield with existing usually French aircraft used as decoys. If the Germans wanted to use a particular piece of land (possibly ex French or an Allied landing ground for themselves then any wrecks would be shipped to the edges of the field and could be left there for some time. Sorry I cannot comment on whether the locxations are at Amiens or Bolougne.

edwest2 · #4 4th October 2020, 20:29

If a dummy airfield was set up, crashed Allied aircraft in the open might have aroused suspicion. Normally, such aircraft were recovered, after examination and desired parts removed, and then taken to collection points. This may have been a case where no one was available to recover the aircraft before the land was needed for a dummy airfield. The hidden aircraft could then be taken away at the earliest opportunity.

Ed

edwest2 · #5 4th October 2020, 23:22

Bertrand H · #6 5th October 2020, 07:17

#1287 :
Thank you very much Tom

for this detailed analysis and for confirming that it is indeed the same aircraft ; what wrote Ed with anybdy was available to recover the aircraft before the land was needed for a dummy airfield could also why this Blenheim is still here. On another photo (old ebay) of the R3606 we have in a background some wood.
Have the same wreck with the same letter "B" painted on the edge of the cockade, two identical holes could obviously only be the same Blenheim ....

Bertrand

edwest2 · #7 5th October 2020, 23:15

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Wehrma...QAAOSwVJ9fdzin
Photo album
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Fotoalbum-Be...sAAOSww-lfewI2
Off topic
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BEST-KOd-Ru...YAAOSwZbpfdzYy

edwest2 · #8 7th October 2020, 00:38

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Q028-Foto-We...EAAOSwTrxffLTO
Off topic
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Q027-Foto-We...UAAOSwRrVffLRX

edwest2 · #9 8th October 2020, 21:26

edwest2 · #10 8th October 2020, 22:45

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