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German aircraft on standby after the war?
While the topic is somewhat in between Axis and Allies, I've chosen to post it in the LW forum.
I stumbled upon this picture of a Ju88G at Lech after the war. http://www.flickr.com/photos/johntrathome/4778886521/ What I found really interesting was the caption to the picture. Quote:
Can anyone shed some light on the British policies and if these flights have been covered by others?
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Kyrre Ingebrethsen Sola, Norway. Last edited by atckyrre; 17th August 2011 at 17:03. |
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Re: German aircraft on standby after the war?
The Germans were under the impression they would continue the fight against the Russians with the allies. I believe this message was relayed by Doenitz.
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Re: German aircraft on standby after the war?
Not quite that alone. I have read some back end pictures stating just that. Not to destroy the planes or detaine the crews but keep them closeby and ready.
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Re: German aircraft on standby after the war?
One of the Fassberg five pilots, Fritz Stehle, mentioned this in a reply about why they flew their 262s to the Allies. Had they known otherwise, they would have destroyed them on the spot.
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Re: German aircraft on standby after the war?
At the time it was not clear if there will be a war with the Soviets or not, and German PoWs were considered a natural resource for such case. Quite often stores of capptured weapons were located close to the PoW camps, and otheri weird things happened. Only after the stron Soviet and US pressure, those plans were abandoned.
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