He 219 found in Denmark !!!

[DaveM2]

Wonderful news indeed -who is undertaking the salvage and where will the wreckage end up?

regards
Dave

[Kim Christiansen]

Hi

Please see this press release .

Regards
Kim C

[DaveM2]

Thanks Kim-hope it all goes well.

Dave

[ju55dk]

Hopefully there will be a Wnr somewhere, so we can solve this mysteri:-)

Junker

[mhuxt]

Glad the aircraft will be heading to a good home, well done one and all.

[kismorc]

Photos of the recovery...

http://www.network54.com/Forum/14967...ising+a+He+219

[thlund]

LOL - came in here to see if you had something more than I - to see my post at hyperscale linked here :-)

Quite a day!

[thlund]

I was thinking after going to the salvage yesterday - and I have to stress that I'm just shooting off my mouth:

The 219 was odd in a couple of ways - the before mentioned MG15 magazine found and only the belly guns were mounted - schräge musik and wing guns were not there. Second I think the plane came down in some kind of controlled (some kind) landing. It was close to shore and heading along the shore, which would make sense when making an emergency landing. But the ejector seats had not been fired so the pilot chose to stay with the plane. Parts of the canopy's were there too.

So here's where I'm just fantazising!! What if this one was one of those at Grove/Karup earmarked for transport to the US? Could explain the partial disarmament (partial dismantlement for transport) and why the pilot - likely an allied test pilot not trusting the ejector seat - chose to stay with the plane.

The current 219 is unknown - no record exist of a crash in those waters. Naturally records could have been lost, but it could also be that in the rather unorthodox days following the end of the war in Europe, a loss of a foreigh aircraft would not be consideret important enough to record, especially if you had enough to go around?

[SES]

Hi,
Very relevant considerations, I would however suggest, that the a/c could be on transfer from Norway to Denmark. The Grove He219 are all accounted for.
The lack of the S.M. Mk108 is not unusual, they were very unpopular with the crews and frequently removed at Staffel level.
The lack of wing guns is very odd, AFAIK they were the basic armament.
The Mg15 could be explained by a ventral gun position found on some samples of the He219.
bregds
SES

[thlund]

Originally Posted by SES

The Grove He219 are all accounted for.

Must confess I dont have any reference books on this, but my search on the net talks about Whatson's Whizzers picking up 3 He 219's at Grove. All references talk about A-2 290202 / FE-614 which is the NASM and A-5 290060 FE-612 with unknown fate. Whatever the last bit means, it still leaves one (FE-613?). I also found A-2 290126 but I dont know if it became a FE aircraft or it was discarded at Grove.

BTW the plane recovered is definately not an A-7 as the air scoops on the wings were of the plain type (leading edge, no boxy scooops below)

Getting somewhat fired up here - what is the best book on Whatson's Whizzers ?