The Eagles Over Europe Project

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

I've had a direct email from a French expert who says that this isn't Alencon. This could even be an airfield in Germany prior to the Western Campaign, rather than at Alencon just after the WC/FC. Does anyone recognize this place, in either France or western Germany.

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

Oops, I did mean Oblt. Gordon Gollob's Sta Kap a/c with 3./ZG76 from the beginning of the war period. Thanx to Chris Goss for correcting my spelling.

Regards,

[RudiS]

Larry,

Attached is a ebay auction photo with similar hangars. According to the seller this photo was taken at Lyon. Hope this might help.

Regards,
Rudi.

[Bertrand H]

Rudy,

Could be Lyon but before WWII there were many similar hangar called "Arnodin-Eiffel" in France.

Examples here :

http://www.planete-tp.com/IMG/pdf/Ha..._cle05543c.pdf

I think that the high tower will let us the solution.

Bertrand

[Larry Hickey]

Rudi and Bertrand,

Thanx for your inputs. So it seems that this is a French-style hangar (unless the Germans also used the same type), so it was taken somewhere in France, but apparently not Alencon. Someone should recognize that setting with the very tall control tower.

This is important because it helps me date the profile of Liensberger's aircraft in the photo. The camouflage and markings of V.(Z)/LG1 Bf110s during the WC/FC was complicated and this will help sort that out.

[Horst Weber]

Good evening Larry !

In the front of the photo, you may see something like a river or a canal. In the center, before the industrial complex start, you see a huge coal dump. Between the coal dump and the industrial buildings, probably rail tracks are visible.

The scene looks like a steel-work with a considerable large coal-mine close to.

It could be in May+ 1940, since the trees are in full leafe.

It is possible, that the photo shows a steel-work in the northern part of the Ruhrgebiet (Germany) with free visibility to the flat landscape of the Münsterland in the North of the Ruhrgebiet.

Best wishes !

Horst Weber

[Larry Hickey]

Horst,

Thanx for your observations. You may be right about this being a steel plant in Germany. The large "coal pile" may also be a giant slag heap from the steel production process. I've seen something similar adjacent to a large steel plant in southern Colorado here in the USA.

If it is a steel plant someone ought to be able to recognize it.

[Horst Weber]

Originally Posted by Larry Hickey

Horst,

Thanx for your observations. You may be right about this being a steel plant in Germany. The large "coal pile" may also be a giant slag heap from the steel production process. I've seen something similar adjacent to a large steel plant in southern Colorado here in the USA.

If it is a steel plant someone ought to be able to recognize it.

Well , Larry forgive me,

It could also be a flight, departed at Mannheim-Sandhofen, still climbing and watching the BASF chemical-works at Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine. Would make more sense. But still no building ore chimney identified.

Best regards

Horst Weber

[Laurent Rizzotti]

No idea where it could be, but maybe you can contact the people wirting the following website:
http://www.anciens-aerodromes.com/

Seems to me that you should have some replies there.

[Dan Gilberti]

Hi,
My first idea it's "Toussus le noble " airfield in 78 department ( yvelines).
So difficult for me to found one pic from 1940 ...
Bsrg, Dan