New photo of Ju 88 U4+TK W.Nr. 0119 & aerial view of Smolensk airfield

[Roger Gaemperle]

Dear all,

A photo that was uploaded at www.battlegroundrelics.com by one of its members turned out to be most likely a rare shot of Ju 88 U4+TK W.Nr. 0119 before it sunk to the bottom of a lake at Jonsvatnet in Norway. A BIG thanks to Ed North who identified it.

U4+TK was recovered from the lake in 2004 by the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum and is currently being restored. The photo - taken by a German soldier - shows the Ju 88 before it sank to the bottom of the lake.

You can find the photo here:

Ju 88 A-1 U4+TK W.Nr. 0119


Member Karl has uploaded a very interesting photo of the airfield at Smolensk taken in August 1941. I always thought such photos to be very helpful to identify the location of aircraft photographed at the ground since they give a good overview about the layout of the airfield and the buildings.

You can find the photo here:

Airfield Smolenks August 1941

Regards
Roger Gaemperle

[stephen f. polyak]

Terrific photos!!!

Any chance we could see a Google view of the Smolensk site today?

[John Fredrik]

At the same site you se this picture :

http://battlegroundrelics.com/node/697

This is a picture from Jonsvatnet in April 1940.

Cheers
John Fredrik