Steve Bond
November 6, 2006 at 11:01 am

Can anyone identify this wreckage?

This is a really long shot, as there is not much to go on, but would anyone like to have a stab at what sort of aeroplane they think this might be? All I know is that the photograph was taken on the Eastern Front.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

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By: Steve Bond - 6th November 2006 at 14:40

Thanks very much Ant, I think you have hit the nail on the head.

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By: Ant.H - 6th November 2006 at 12:06

Judging by the shape and position of the aerial, and also the relatively thick-section shoulder mounted wing and inline engines, I’d say this is a Do17E. As far as I’m aware, the E model had been withdrawn from the front line by the time of Barbarossa, so perhaps the ‘Eastern Front’ connection is to do with the earlier Polish campaign?
Another thought is that the Yugoslavs built a number of Do17’s under licence, so perhaps this is a yugoslav example brought down during the Balkans camapign.Just a few of my thoughts.
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