March 1, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Thanks to Alan Wiliams I have some previously unseen photos of the wreck of He111P G1+BH/6305(of 1/KG55) on Studland (Dorset) on 25th SEpt 1940.
THey include a good view of what looks like a rampaging bull painted on the aircraft side just in front of the code.
To see the picture go to the link below , scroll to the required date and click on the thumbnails.
By: Alriklassan - 10th January 2017 at 15:02
Hello!
Thanks for the answers. Ill write it down very soon, just looking and looking for the photos. I got a painting for the case I cant find the owner. [ATTACH=CONFIG]250610[/ATTACH]
Otto was on a lot of meetings. He was a tall guy with a wart in his cheek. Hope this will help to identify.
Im in contact with his daughter.
Will post news here 🙂
By: daveg4otu - 10th January 2017 at 11:46
Out-of-date link in first post has now been corrected to my new site.
By: Arabella-Cox - 10th January 2017 at 10:17
It is possible that the late Steve Hall (who died last week – see thread) had an account from Otto Müller as he was a KG55 historian and co-authored a photographic history with the late Lionel Quinlan. I’m also pretty sure I met him at a KG55 re-union in Giessen during 1977.
I will have a look at whatever might turn up.
By: SimonR - 9th January 2017 at 20:23
Good evening, thanks for posting and don’t worry about your English, it is very far from poor. Thank you for making the effort 🙂
I would be interested in hearing the story some time – if you have the time to type it out.
Good luck with finding the owner of the photos, apologies that I can’t help you with that!
By: Alriklassan - 9th January 2017 at 19:45
Hello!
I know its an old post here, I’m looking for the owner of the rights of the pics of the G1+BH. I met a crew member two years ago, Otto Müller. He told me more information about the last flight of the so called “white bull”. Unfortunately he died in 2016.
I promised him to tell the story of his crew and his airplane in a German magazine.
Maybe I’ll have some pictures of the fliying plane soon.
May anybody help me to get in contact with the owner?
C. Scherer
PS: Please forgive my poor English, I’m from Germany. If its wanted, I can tell you the story he told me.
By: Smith - 5th March 2012 at 10:14
Wonderful photos – thank you. I am taken by …
– the pristine & clear glasshouse of the cockpit – someone put a lot of effort into polishing that
– the obvious damage to the port engine – bullet riddled, oil stains, undamaged props telling us it must not have been running at the time of the landing
– and the bull
Wonderful stuff. Don
By: Arabella-Cox - 4th March 2012 at 17:12
Photos
There can’t have been many crashes where the photographer caught it minutes or even seconds after it occurred – especially in wartime UK.
The chap running and the crew carrying their gunner has definitely got a certain feel to it. Quite different and tense compared to the many posed shots that were taken of various occurrances and situations throughout the war for propaganda and publicity purposes.
A great find, thanks for posting.
Anon.
By: ade wilkes - 4th March 2012 at 10:29
Gut avternoon….
Don,t give me that you….
By: trumper - 1st March 2012 at 19:08
I love the shot of the chap running across the field!
🙂 That photo has such immediacy and it brings everything to life.
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st March 2012 at 18:49
I love the shot of the chap running across the field!
By: daveg4otu - 1st March 2012 at 17:00
Thanks – I already have a copy of the lefthand (slighty out of focus) picture….plus another long distance shot
Alan Williams, who sent them to me stated that at the time of the crash he and his parents lived in Westcliffe Bungalow which I believe was nearby. His father was in the RAF and was stationed somewhere on Studland.
I will will contact him for more information.
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st March 2012 at 16:21
Yes, Ken supplied me with copies (via the late Peter Foote) around 1979/80. One of those I have shows the He 111 just having skidded to a halt with a big cloud of dust billowing behind. Dramatic stuff!
By: Wellington285 - 1st March 2012 at 15:54
Here are a couple of photo’s you can add to your brilliant web site
All the photo’s were re discovered back in the 80’s by Ken Wakefield at Middle Wallop if my memory serves me right.
Ian