Stijn David Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Hello,Here is one that did came in today in a glider officer grouping. This Ju 87 sure had better times => i just wonder what happened with it? hit by a bomb from very nearby ? hit from anotehr plane? The picture was taken at Lemberg - july 1943.Has anyone similar pictures from german aircrafts with strange damage?Cordial greetings + thanks for looking, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph A Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Wild guess: electrical fire in the radio equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Looks like he just set it down a little too hard on the tail and the airframe buckled... note all the panels/skin laying haphazardly about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankmeister Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Fat back seater?Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 To all: Hermann Goering would be my guess.Regards,slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stijn David Posted July 13, 2006 Author Share Posted July 13, 2006 Hello, => a few fine answes for sure, hehe I think however that the damage is to be sought in a bomb attack, here is a picture from the very same airfield. This Go 242 was obviously hit by a bomb of some sort. I think that the Ju 87 was hit in a same way, but that picture is probably neater due to the fact that they cleaned up already a few things and did start in removing usable parts for reuse.Cordial greetings, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Could it be the result of strafing or rocket attacks? My guess would be that the bombs would have punched through the aircraft and into the ground prior to detonating, thus leaving some form of discernable crater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolf Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Right.If hit by bombs then where are the craters?Dolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stijn David Posted July 14, 2006 Author Share Posted July 14, 2006 Hello, Indeed no visible crater => howver iff we look close to the picture of the Go we can see earth lying upon the aircraft etc ... (wingpart, body of the plane) and also some uneven places on the ground. It depends offcoarse on wich type of bomb did hit these planes. Obvious the power of destruction was good enough to disable the Go 242. About the Ju, is it possible that it would have been replaced from the original place where it was hit by something (or came in to hard) to scrap it?Cordial greetings, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Hard landing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolf Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I guess I agree with Laurence, it looks more like the result of strafing or rocket attacks, probably followed by a fire. Or a direct point blank artillery hit!I don't know if a hard landing would provoke that kind of damage!Dolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_F Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 (edited) Hello,Here is one that did came in today in a glider officer grouping. This Ju 87 sure had better times => i just wonder what happened with it? hit by a bomb from very nearby ? hit from anotehr plane? The picture was taken at Lemberg - july 1943.Has anyone similar pictures from german aircrafts with strange damage?Cordial greetings + thanks for looking,Just guessing but if the photo was taken in Jul43 then I doubt very much that the aircraft were damaged in a strafing/rocket attack as Lemberg (Lvov) is located in Poland and as of mid 43 was beyond Western Allied or Soviet ability to attack in such a manner. I would guess the damage is as a result of heavy landings in both cases. Edited July 15, 2006 by Andy_F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Probably the first of the Luftwaffe Low Riders. Happens every time you put a guy in the air with less than 8 hours stick and rudder time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 (edited) Hallo Stijn David The damage to this Stuka looks more surgical than that to plane in the second picture, the ground under the Stuka looks relatively undamaged, and some of the parts of aluminum seem to have been removed by a salvage crew, also there is no sign of a fire, no evidence of soot or melted metal, and from the area around the cockpit and wings there appears to be very little damage, so I guess its been pranged, or suffered a burst of fire through the rear fusalage.At worst a bad attack of rado battery acid gremlins Kevin in Deva. Edited July 15, 2006 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Hallo Gents just spotted this on Ebay at:http://cgi.ebay.com/1942-Original-INP-Phot...1QQcmdZViewItemSorry its a small picture but this really is ANTI-AIRCRAFT in its very basic role Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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