The Eagles Over Europe Project

[edwest]

Are photos of the plants located at the Ruhr available? I will try to locate something, but I'm throwing this out as a possibility for other researchers. Also, the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, Germany.




Ed

[RT]

The D model was not really lower in quality compare to the P36, further the number make all not quality, in most of cases, the E models were far superior to the curtiss, but in May 40 Curtiss were not less succesful than the 109E ..

Wonder if someone hv figures for these fights in the early time of war

Rémi

[edwest]

A possibility?


http://lostimagesofww2.com/photos/places/saar.php





Ed

[Chris Goss]

Only photos I have are of CL & UL with an indistinct DL in the distance & Jaeger's FL nose (but no markings)

[ClinA-78]

I think no Nrs 3 & 5

ClinA-78

[Larry Hickey]

Remi,

We will have all of that when we're done with the EoE Project, but I don't know this now.

Luc Vervoort (Belgium) has agreed to translate the 6 Nov 1939 magazine article, so now we're covered there. He has done a huge amount of French translations for the project, and I am greatly in his debt for his wonderful assistance with French-language books and other publications. Thanx Luc.

[Larry Hickey]

Ed,

I looked at what you posted. The real key to the ID of this is the five smokestacks with the specific buildings and the water tower behind them. "Lilsis" also sent me a PM with something like this row of stacks, but the buildings don't seem to match. The location also is in NE German, which is not where I think that this is likely to be. Both France and Belgium also has major industrial areas like this, although I don't think this could have been over one of them until after the surrenders. This doesn't look like a combat mission over the plant facility.

We'll find this, as the smokestacks are very distinctive, and are probably the key to identifying this place, and thus being able to ID the approximate date.

[Larry Hickey]

Chris,

Thanx for checking. If we just knew for sure that Gollob flew the "A" aircraft with the Staffel, that would be enough to create a highly accurate profile, as we have plenty of examples of Bf110C-1s from I./ZG76 around the beginning of the war to work from.

[Laurent Rizzotti]

My guess is that this will in Germany, because it does not seem to be a combat mission, as such a place will certainly be protected by AA guns.

And the factory is producing smoke, ie is working. I doubt such an installation would have worked in occupied France or Belgium in June or July 1940, given that most people fled before the German advance, and took weeks if not months to come back.

[RudiS]

ClinA-78,

Looking at the landscape at the distance I don't think that this is the Neufchateau (#3) or Libramont (#5) airfield.

Besides, I don't think there was that much infrastructure available at either of these airfields.

Regards,
Rudi.