The following description is of an object found in my home town following an air raid, would anyone know what it is.
39 1/2 ” long x 8″ diameter with letters “U.M.G. & EISSILD 9/1940″ in green paint, also detonating cap 8” diameter x 522(? not sure about this) long marked “E.J.Z.” and small letter “T.Z. (9) R.8.S. 1939”
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By: mike currill - 3rd June 2009 at 07:49
Some of the publications on the RAF in Germany carry the one of the RAF Phantoms as I said earlier it was a well used publicity photo.
By: Loose-Head - 3rd June 2009 at 06:24
Can anyone ID the castle & where in Germany it is please?
Great pic, Any idea where I could find a larger, good quality copy ?
By: contrailjj - 3rd June 2009 at 05:13
No, it is the Hohenzollern!:)
Hohenzollern… absolutely yes!! many a CanForce aircraft was photographed there… from CT-133s though CF-104s to CF-188 Hornets.
By: Black Knight - 2nd June 2009 at 23:40
So i just been reading, a rather attractive princess :diablo:
By: mike currill - 2nd June 2009 at 22:44
Oh yes, very real and IIRC still in use as a family residence as is Schloss Marienberg.
By: Black Knight - 2nd June 2009 at 21:40
Thanks, I’ve been wondering if it was a real place after seeing it in this painting.
By: mike currill - 2nd June 2009 at 21:04
Schloss Marianburg i think, South of Hannover in the BAOR sector, quite a famous landmark during the cold war.
Schloss Marianberg is far enough South of Hanover to be WSW of Hildesheim. I’m Not sure but I think it may be Hohenzollern as I don’t think Scloss Marienberg is quite that big, even though I’ve flown past it and done a circuit of it at the level of the top floor windows:D Having had another look it is definitely not Marienberg. I am almost certain that it is Hohenzollern as this is a quite well known RAF publicity shot.
By: Newforest - 2nd June 2009 at 19:55
No, it is the Hohenzollern!:)
By: austernj673 - 2nd June 2009 at 19:51
Schloss Marianburg i think, South of Hannover in the BAOR sector, quite a famous landmark during the cold war.
By: Mark Gaskell - 19th May 2005 at 22:52
Unfortunatly I dont have the object, the information came from an ARP incident book.
By: anneorac - 19th May 2005 at 08:33
Sounds very much like a parachute flare. Is it painted black and does it have any fins?
Anne
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