Is this for real ?

Hi All,
Came across this site with a list of aircraft that crashed either in Ireland or close by plenty of Spits ,couple of Hurricanes plenty of German Bombers no German fighters listed though, however this is meant as a guide only.

The following is at the bottom of the listed aircraft page:- ” These totals should only be taken as reference. They include personnel that were lost at sea and were washed up/or were never recovered in some cases. Some of the entries above do not have totals against them. Also, some of these entries are not considered ‘Irish’ losses as there was no Irish military or police involvement or reports there of.”

Full aircraft list page link:- http://www.csn.ul.ie/~dan/war/crashes.htm

Geoff

Unlikely. Germany never completed its carrier.

Moggy

Yes I mean if they had have the opportunity ( or what ever ) to get it done…then there could have been a change. Sinking of Tirpitz and Birmarck possibly slightly hindered the Third Reich activities on open seas sure.

There could have also been carrier borne Me-109 T.

Unlikely. Germany never completed its carrier.

Moggy

A Dubliner friend of mine reckons he saw a 109 over Dublin in the war, but he’s realistic enough to admit that after 70-odd years his memory may be playing tricks on him. He was about 10 at the time of the 1941 raids on that city.

I suppose the Spitfire could have been N Ireland based.

Here’s a real story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13924720

Moggy

There could have also been carrier borne Me-109 T.

Déjà vu. First appeared here dec 2011. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?113532-The-German-a-short-10-min-film&highlight=ireland+spitfire

Although this was a prototype there are other photo’s of BF-109’s with two 300l drop tanks under the wings.
So although the film is fiction it certainly was a possibility.
Quote – “G-2/R1: Long-range fighter-bomber. It carried a bomb up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) under the fuselage and had a modified fuel system with underwing fittings for a 300 L (80 US gal) drop tank. As a standard Bf 109G had not enough ground clearance to carry a 500 kg bomb, a jettisonable auxiliary undercarriage was added just aft of the cockpit”

I suppose the Spitfire could have been N Ireland based.

Here’s a real story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13924720

Moggy

Look up the range of a Bf109 and the distance from the nearest bit of occupied territory to N Ireland and then you will have your answer.

Moggy

Moggy, the part of Ireland being depicted in the movie was Southern Ireland or Eire, which is a little closer to the German occupied territory. The short range of both the Spitfire and the Me 109 would seem to make this unlikely.

Not quite like that, i think, but an imaginative scenario.

A pleasing little film, worth giving up ten minutes for . CGI, but I guess budgets were tight ..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_German

”The German is a short film written and directed by Nick Ryan, Starring Toby Kebbell and Christian Brassington. It premiered at the 2008 Cork Film Festival and has subsequently been screened at Palm Springs Film Festival, LA Shorts Festival and San Paulo Film Festival in Brazil.

Synopis

November 1940 during the greatest conflict man has ever known, an epic duel unfolds between two ace pilots, each willing to take the match to its ultimate conclusion. Unknown to the pilots is a fate neither has considered.”

Look up the range of a Bf109 and the distance from the nearest bit of occupied territory to N Ireland and then you will have your answer.

Moggy