Well, if what I have just read is true then they are now officially claiming that they have found “something”… What that “something” is they don’t go into, but…

According to NBC news: “The city [of Walbrzych] is full of mysterious stories because of its history,” the town’s deputy mayor Zygmunt Nowaczyk told journalists at a press conference. “Now it is formal information — [we] have found something.”

It’s a sleeping dragon. Nazis put it there to guard their loot.

Called von Smaug.

If it’s the separate armoured glass part that bolted/screwed onto the front of the forward canopy section then it was the E series and it was sporadically fitted to all variants from early to mid 1940 onwards. A photo would help. 🙂

Poland was more or less Germany by this stage of the war. There was nothing Polish about it anymore. So it may have been an occupied country, but one that had been completely absorbed by the Third Reich. Why not make use of the vast mountainous regions and countryside to test secret weapons? They hid a few of the “Final solution” concentration camps there for quite some time… Whether there’s gold, planes or what onboard, an untouched German armoured train with the armament and carriages will fetch a pretty penny for all those involved. My only issue with the vid is do we actually see said train? The nazis hid all sorts underground. Aircraft manufacturing factories etc… They had a a limitless supply of forced labour workers who they could employ/force to build all sorts of crazy ideas. As the war became more desperate, the more crazier and rushed the ideas. We are dealing with mad men here who’s fate is closing in on them at a rather rapid rate. Really anything is possible… Which also sadly allows the so called documentary channels to not let the truth get in the way of a good story… This is certainly an intriguing one though… 🙂

I found the following interesting…

“Aircraft restorers have long subscribed to the theory that the most important component for any restoration is the aircraft data plate”

Hawkinge is quite frankly a fantastic museum. For hardcore Battle of Britain enthusiasts you are unlikely to see a better collection of real BOB relics in one place. For those wanting to get picky and anal with their comments you could quite easily say the same about Hendon and their “Battle of Britain” hall which houses a He111H-20 which didn’t see service until early 1944. A Ju87G-2 which didn’t see service until 1943. A Ju88R-1 nightfighter which was in use much later than the BOB and Bf110G-2 nightfighter same story… For those that don’t like plastic replica aircraft there are millions of modellers world wide who would disagree…

Bf109E-4 or possibly a Bf109E-7. 🙂