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!
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