Here is another from my “unsolved” file.
It shows the wreckage of an unidentified Junkers 88 on a lorry, I believe in 1941.
The question is; when and where? And can anyone tie this to a specific incident?
Obviously posed for the camera, but a hunch tells me this is possibly in the north or north-east.
By: Graham Adlam - 17th February 2013 at 12:35
Atually, I had wondered if it was a shot of Graham Adlam loading up his truck for Shoreham….
Andy, I would never bother to bring anything as common as that to Shoreham have loads of old German wrecks in the garden. Funnily enough I have just located the site where our local MU used to bring all the wrecked aircraft, as soon as it drys off a bit I am off out with my metal detector, why go all the way to Burma I am sure there will be at least have a dozen Spitfires burried there !
By: beachcomber - 17th February 2013 at 11:16
paint brush
Just a thought, looking at the paint brush IMO it is too small to have been used to paint the lettering, which begs the question is it a staged newspaper or propaganda shot. I can almost hear “now look at the Stan as he paints V for victory”
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th February 2013 at 11:15
Atually, I had wondered if it was a shot of Graham Adlam loading up his truck for Shoreham….
By: Graham Adlam - 17th February 2013 at 10:51
I they hadnt dubbed paint all over that German cross it would be worth a fortune on ebay ! :diablo:
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th February 2013 at 08:17
Paul…you are in danger of a banning from Moggy. 🙂
As to the date; I have a note that it was just described as “wreck of German bomber on lorry.1941”
If it was/is IWM, I have no neg nuimber. However, it could have been taken in 1940 and not published until 1941.
Sometimes it is possible to link pictures like these to a specific incident if there are clues in the original caption, or even the publication (locality) where it might have first appeared and the date it appeared. In this case, zilch.
By: Versuch - 17th February 2013 at 02:04
Possible graffiti above the painters cap….–B?
Sadly nothing that looks like a number.
Cheers Mike
By: paulmcmillan - 16th February 2013 at 19:16
up north you say..
No wheels
Fuselage propped up on wood/bricks
dare I say Liverpool? :diablo:
By: Clint Mitchell - 16th February 2013 at 12:05
Unsure if this might help round it down but it appears to be the early style of cross on the upper surface of the wing and if behind that I’m correct in saying that it’s the other wing but showing the underside? That also appears to have the early style of cross peeking out from the bottom. So Both upper and lower wing crosses are of the early style? Possibly an early Ju88A-1 which is why I asked why you thought it might be 1941. 🙂
By: Bombgone - 16th February 2013 at 11:50
Brilliant photo. I can remember in the early 1960’s. The scrap yards in Plymouth where full of aircraft wreckage mainly from Dartmoor and surrounding areas. This pic looks like it could be a scrap yard, or could even be during the clean up after the war.
By: Clint Mitchell - 16th February 2013 at 11:37
Nice pic Andy, thanks for posting. I don’t fancy our chances with this one but seeing these photos is always very interesting. What was it that made you suspect it was 1941. 🙂
By: Arabella-Cox - 16th February 2013 at 11:10
I think it is V-For Victory.
Hence the: … – (dot dot dot, dash) = morse for “V”.
Possibly?
By: Trolly Aux - 16th February 2013 at 11:03
Looks like a scrap yard and maybe it was the 5th JU88 picked up by them.
Yes I note the stereotypical flat cap for uop norrrthh but no Whippet in sight or pigeon or to come to think of it a loaf of Hovis ! 😀
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