Hi,

Here’s a clear photo of the LOT lettering over the cabin door on SP-LMK.
The photo shows Waclaw Makowski exiting after landing on the flight from Burbank.
Please excuse all the markings on the photo. These were added by a friend who is creating a very accurate 4-view drawing of SP-LMK.
He actually had me measuring those rivet spacing dimensions on preserved Hudsons!

Cheers,
Tim

Thankyou Tim for the excellent closeup of the ´LOT´ over the door – interesting to see that on LMK it was in a lighter colour than the registration, and by studying even the photo of limited quality shown on this thread it is obvious that the only the middle plane has a closer spaced lighter coloured ´LOT´ over the doorway, which now looks more likely to actually be LMK rather than one of the others IF we can also see that they have the same dark wide spaced arched ´LOT´ over the passenger door as fitted to the other pair in Frode´s photo, 7 more suspects to eliminate or was LMK detailed differently to the rest because of its special delivery?

The Fw190 might be the one used by 41 Squadron and coded ‘EB – ?’. Most of the other Fw190s listed as being usd by the RAF at Kastrup were twin seaters. Sure I’ve seen a photo of it somewhere, but it isn’t to hand.

This single seater is coded DV + C-P, could these be the initials of a double barrelled officer? It is my favourite shot in the collection!

Does anyone have an online image of LOT L14 SP-LMK showing its rear passenger door to see if the LOT logo is upswept like the one on the centre plane in the picture I have shown? If SP-LMK was unique with this feature and the other 9 LoT L14s all had the arched door logos then we can be reasonably certain that these are the three escapees seen together at Kastrup ,Copenhagen just after their escape from occupied Poland! Unless of course this trio made another visit to Copenhagen?

One of the BV´s is on display at Danmarks Tekniske Museum in as-found condition. It was found when the bridge across Øresund was built.

http://www.tekniskmuseum.dk/

Regards

Jon

I have been there and seen it! Superb collection, the Caravelle is particularly lovely and well worth looking inside…….
The collection includes shots of the 5 Bv138s as left by the Germans at their base and here they are……..

Great shot of the LOT L14s.
Did you purchase the albums or are they still in the shop?
I have a friend in Poland who collects any and all photos of LOT L14s and I know he’d love to purchase the originals or, at very least, obtain high-res scans.
Is this possible?
Thanks.

Cheers,
Tim

Yes it is possible. 10 by 15cm black and white prints are available for 30 Danish kroner each, the shop owner also has the negatives, which he would also sell individually but he knows what he has and the price will not be cheap

I can see that these American float planes have the same engine cowls as any P47 but I dont know what their designation is???

Thanks….Very interesting…any date on the Polish Lockheeds at Kastrup photo?

No, but the photographer wrote that he was booked to take his PPL on 9th April 1940, cancelled because it was invasion day.So he was at the airport a most often late 1939 and early 1940