Hess transit to Nuremberg for trial

I must say, the official Hess story was always on the nose, I too am not up for conspiracies or revisionism

Hi
try contacting After the battle magazine. They have done some very in depth articles on this subject. Also I am no conspiracy theorist but the whole Hess case is a can of worms.
Hess WAS shot with a high power service rifle at fairly close range during WW1 but the body of Hess? when autopsied showed no scaring, entry or exit wound! The consultant surgeon to the British army and world authority on gunshot wounds also found this somewhat strange. Begs the question that if it wasn’t Hess then why would the stand in not spill the beans.
I won’t even start on how a man so frail manages to hang himself in a horizontal possition or that all his possesions were put into the summer house and burned before anyone could study the scene. Hardly normal practice!
As I said before I belive most conspiracy theories are rubbish but there are many strange twists in the Hess case. Personally I would have hung him (assuming of course it was him) and many many more who brought such evil to the world. Far too many got off.

Cheers
Phil

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PS. he is after a De Havilland,so he can get some interior shots…..

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Hi
try contacting After the battle magazine. They have done some very in depth articles on this subject. Also I am no conspiracy theorist but the whole Hess case is a can of worms.
Hess WAS shot with a high power service rifle at fairly close range during WW1 but the body of Hess? when autopsied showed no scaring, entry or exit wound! The consultant surgeon to the British army and world authority on gunshot wounds also found this somewhat strange. Begs the question that if it wasn’t Hess then why would the stand in not spill the beans.
I won’t even start on how a man so frail manages to hang himself in a horizontal possition or that all his possesions were put into the summer house and burned before anyone could study the scene. Hardly normal practice!
As I said before I belive most conspiracy theories are rubbish but there are many strange twists in the Hess case. Personally I would have hung him (assuming of course it was him) and many many more who brought such evil to the world. Far too many got off.

Cheers
Phil

He arrived the same day as he left, is this possible in a Dominie – I think he had to be transferred to something bigger like a Dakota

According to the Times Digitial Archive of The Times, Tuesday, Oct 09, 1945;

“Rudolf Hess left Madley airfield, near Abergavenny, for Frankfort at 8.50 yestderay morning in
a Dominie aircrfat. He will stand his trial at Nuremberg as a war criminal.

Wisebaden, Oct 8th – Ruldolf Hess has arrived at the prision at Nuremberg. Kesselring and
Schact were placed in the same prison to-day – Reuter”

Pauk

Amazing that such an aircraft was used for a high-profile transfer.

The aircraft was a de Havilland Dominie (militarised Dragon Rapide). There are a few still flying, including one in period camouflage, so a reanactment shouldn’t be too difficult! Unfortunately, I can’t find my original notes at the moment but the aircraft flew from RAF Madley in Herefordshire. I find it difficult to believe that it flew all the way to Nuremburg. Maybe it ferried him to RAF Hendon or Croydon for onward flight in a Dakota? Anyway, the Dominie would have needed several refuelling stops. Approx 8-seater by the way. No 4 Radio School at Madley had Dominies and one of its aircraft could have been used for the flight. My notes came from the unit Operations Record Book held at The National Archives, Kew. The entry may have more details but I can’t remember.