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A few more images of destroyed Axis aircraft, no details or locations :(
Still plugging my way through a mountain of images and have found a few more of Axis aircraft destroyed on the ground (some look like collections or a graveyard of destroyed aircraft). One that struck me was a Catalina in Axis markings?
(Edit - Catalina is actually a 323.....how embarrassed am I !!) Last edited by Mysticpuma; 30th March 2018 at 18:36. |
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Re: A few more images of destroyed Axis aircraft, no details or locations :(
And a couple more:
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Re: A few more images of destroyed Axis aircraft, no details or locations :(
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The "Catalina" is in truth a Me 323. Check the engines on both wings. Looks a He 59 on the last photo.
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Re: A few more images of destroyed Axis aircraft, no details or locations :(
#2 Ju 290 V3 0110152 SB+QB Crashed on landing at Airfield E.16 near Megrine, Tunisia 07.04.1943
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Re: A few more images of destroyed Axis aircraft, no details or locations :(
Ops... too many straight lines to be a He 59!
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Few individuals, unfortunately, are interested in French aircraft so I even if I know your skills I am still impressed. But, how can you actually see it is a LeO 258 (no H, reason is I believe it began life without floats) and not a H-257B? They were exactly the same and their only difference, when on floats, was their engines. Inline Hispanos for the 258 and Gnome-Rhone radials for the H-257B. By Sep 1940 the remaining eight 258s were stored either at Berre or Karouba, Tunisia. Unfortunately I don't know their exact disposition in Nov 1942. All were reportedly destroyed by the Italians (at Berre) or by Allied bombing (Karouba) Unfortunately the H-257B survived in even greater number, many transferred to Armée de l'Air and I have again no disposition of them in late 1942. Many had been stored at Karouba as well. Pity the photo is so mediocre.... Cheers Stig |
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Re: A few more images of destroyed Axis aircraft, no details or locations :(
Stig,
I only had a rudimentary general arrangement drawing of the aircraft, it was described as a Liore-et-Olivier Leo H-258. It is not really my territory. I later unpacked William Green's Warplanes of the Second World War Floatplanes Volume Six, pp.40-2, (Macdonald & Co.,1962!). I can now see, that without the engines, it is very difficult to differentiate between the models. Col. |
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Re: A few more images of destroyed Axis aircraft, no details or locations :(
No worries Col
You did great getting to where you are right now. Amazing little books those done by Bill Green. Without ever meeting Mr Green I have to say he single handedly turned my interest into aviation history and spotting at the same time. Quite a feat.... Statistically the odds favour the aircraft we are looking at to be a H-257B but when it comes to reality I have no idea, since then you can do what you like with the statistics. Anyway Col, well done! I am still impressed!! Cheers Stig |
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Re: A few more images of destroyed Axis aircraft, no details or locations :(
Thanks for posting those shots, Mysticpuma:
Photos "325th FG staff clamber over a Ju-52 graveyard in an unknown location.jpg" and "Stockpile of damaged axis aircraft lay on the ground with a DC-3, B-17 and B-25 behind them - 2.jpg" is taken at el-Aouina airfield, Tunis, after 8 May 1943. Photos "Destroyed Ju-88 is pictured with a P-47 of the 318th FS #57 in the background.jpg" and "Shot up axis aircraft lays on the ground with tents behind unknown location.jpg" seems to be one of the discarded II./KG 30 Ju 88 hulks at Foggia-Tortorella airfield, from September 1943 onwards. Your Me 109 shot remains a mystery, probably one of the dozens left behind around Tunis in May 1943. Thanks again for those fine pictures Marc |
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