German wrecks on the banks of the Elbe river to identify

[digedag1]

Hi,
I came across of two photos of german plane wrecks at the Elbe River in 1945.
(Wartime collection of John Ward, 244 Engineers "B" Co. 3rd Platoon)

http://www.twofortyforth.org/images/...0109's.jpg
and
http://www.twofortyforth.org/images/...be%20river.jpg

I thought this could be of interest for someone.

digedag1

[ChrisMAg2]

Hi,
FYI, the second one is the wreck of the only completed BV 238. The location was Lake Schaal, some +40kms ENE of Hamburg and +24kms NEN of Lauenburg on the River Elbe.

[ChristianK]

And, given the deployments of the 244th Eng BN, from which this photos come from, these Bf 109s/Fw 190s might have been photographed at Hagenow or Schwerin. But that's just an educated guess..

[ouidjat]

Yes Christian,

I think there is one similar - if not the same - in Marc's pages.
Need to check out.

[ArtieBob]

IIRC these same photos were discussed at length on LEMB several months ago.

Best regards,

ArtieBob

[ouidjat]

Yep, five months!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2809206...n/photostream/

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Hello Gang,

Just as a post scriptum: it has been now possible to establish that the wrecked Bf 109's and Fw 190's were found at Bad Lippspringe. For a full portfolio of machines found at Bad Lippspringe, check here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/280920...57631650203888

Cheers
Marc