Luftwaffe Crash Archive Vol 3?

As Posart has pointed out, there really is a dearth of photographic material relating to Luftwaffe losses on 15 September 1940. Astonishing, really. But I keep searching…..!!

Yes Antoni, probably from next Monday via the website when we have a definite delivery date from the printers and can upload sample pages etc.

Will vol 3 be available for preorder?

I’ve been told that every downed Luftwaffe aircraft was photographed from four sides by Air Intelligence and that this archive is still missing. Do you know if this is correct or just a bit of a myth that I’ve been told.

I don’t know is the short answer. However, looking at how busy they were in late August, early September and how slack they were with recording some of the more obvious details I doubt it. They were in imminent threat of invasion, they knew most of the codes/units/airfields already so you get the impression that the investigators were just trying to keep up with recording what they could as more and more smoking holes appeared in southern England. Maybe later in the war they had the time to do it, but it probably just applied to the totally intact airframes.

Incidentally, looking ahead to Volume 4 there is a very noticeable lack of existing photographs of aircraft that came down on 15th September. Apart from the Victoria Station Dornier and a few others, it’s really looking sparse. If anyone has anything on this day do let us know!

The proof pages look good! Spent a happy hour fact checking the captions and images yesterday.

An excellent series, if I may say so!

Hi Mark;

Many thanks for the reply. Great to hear that volume three is not too far off. I’ve really enjoyed the series so far and it’s a great addition to the book shelf. I’m waiting to see if there is any additional info and photos regarding the Bf-110 of 7/ZG 26 that came down at Shoebury on the 3rd of September…so I can’t wait for this one.

Additionally, I mentioned before here that I’ve been told that every downed Luftwaffe aircraft was photographed from four sides by Air Intelligence and that this archive is still missing. Do you know if this is correct or just a bit of a myth that I’ve been told.

Regards;
Steve

Hi Steve,

I’m just finishing off the design/corrections this week so it will be off to the printers on Monday with an expected/hoped for delivery date of around 15th October. This one took a little longer than expected simply because of the huge photo selection we managed to bring together for this one. It means that we’re only covering 11 days in this volume, 30th August – 9th September, but they were very busy days for the Air Intelligence investigators, as you will hopefully see on publication!

Mark Postlethwaite
(Red Kite/Wing Leader)