Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2

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I there's confusion.

Gepp said, " im pretty sure its a zero and the second i was goin to say a 109 ?anyway a close call id say"

He is talking about the second picture and the gunsight( ? )

So the first is a Zero

and second is a P-47?
 
The second picture is of the windscreen of 312 (Czech) Sqn Hurricane I P2527 after an encounter with a Ju 88 over Birkenhead (UK) on 8 Oct 1940. "Yellow" Section intercepted and shot down the Ju 88, from KGr.806, but all three were hit and damaged by return fire during the combat. Pilot of P2527 was Flt Lt Denys Gillam (British) who finished the war as a Group Captain with 71/2 kills and a DSO**

BC
 
Hello Igor:

Very pleased to make your acquaintance on the forum. Looked at post 52 on the linked thread and it is indeed an interesting picture. I do not have too many pictures of Luftwaffe/German single-engined fighters with battle damage like this, so a very welcome addition.

Always interested in anything similar, and please let me know if you have any luck with that He 111 which survived the ramming.

Regards,

Bob C
 
Regarding the He 111 which survived the ramming I've managed to find out that it's He 111H-4 of 8./KG 26 which was based at Sestschinskaja in Russia early in 1942. This unit had been formed from 2./KG 28 on 15 December 1941 but retained the code of the former unit. I guess this is the reason why the caption beneath the posted picture states that this aircraft is from KG 28. That is all I could find on this particular aircraft. No info on the crew I'm afraid.
(Source of the info: Kampfflieger Volume 3 - Bombers of the Luftwaffe January 1942 - September 1943)
 
nice pics pong 8) and sorry for all the confusion people on the two pics (the zero and what i thought was fw-190 window with the bullet hole).
 
Igor:

Thanks for the gen on the He 111. As previously mentioned, caption info is often misleading or inaccurate.

A few more:

BC
 

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BC
 

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Gunther ralls "Black 1"
 

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Igor:

I had a look but could not find Uffz Gerhard RAIMAN of 7/JG.54 on any list of German aces, and @ 8.5.42 he only needed one more to join that elite band ! I would like to add to my slide-show narrative by explaining where and how he was "later shot down and killed by P-47s". Any ideas ?

Regards,

BC

Suffolk
UK
 
Hello Bob,

According the information I found on two different websites Raimann was killed on 20 February 1944 in Bf 109 G-6 "White 3" (W.Nr. 411 426) at Duingen southwest of Hannover by P-47 fighters. He was credited with 15 aerial victories by that time.

Here are the links:

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355 FG engagements w/experten - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

The second link is to another forum. Raiman is mentioned in several posts, but I bring to your attention post #6.

Hope this helps...
 
Hi Igor:

Many thanks for filling in the details I requested. Obviously I did not look hard enough for the details on Raiman!

Once again, much appreciate your input. I have a slide of one of the two pictures you posted (2nd one) and now have some good gen to use when I next show it.

A few more to (hopefully) generate a bit more interest/feedback/comments:

Bob C
 

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Agh!!! Too darn big for me PC! I can only see B-17's and Gepp's Pics!

BTW B-17, where were those photos of the Japanese planes taken?

Nice pics.


-Arlo
 
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