Strange photo

[Marcogrifo]

Days ago I came across this strange photo of an early model of Heinkel 111 bomber on the site Airwar.ru:

Can someone tells me for what reason they digged into ground wheels?

I really can't figure out why...

Cheers

 

[Colin1]

The only practical reason I can think of for digging the wheels out is that it got bogged in, they waited for the ground to dry out sufficiently and then got to it

 

[Marcogrifo]

The only practical reason I can think of for digging the wheels out is that it got bogged in, they waited for the ground to dry out sufficiently and then got to it

Yep, I see the point, it make sense, thank you Colin.
Anyway seems a bit strange to me they had previously parked the plane into a real marsh...

Any other?

 

[Colin1]

Yep, I see the point, it make sense, thank you Colin.
Anyway seems a bit strange to me they had previously parked the plane into a real marsh...

Any other?

I don't think they deliberately parked it in a 'marsh'.
The onset of the Russian winter brought many problems for German mobility, mud or 'rasputitsa' severely hampered progress, resupply and affected all arms of the German offensive, roads and landing strips were quickly reduced to quagmires. Ground forces often resorted to wheeled vehicles being towed by tracked vehicles, the Luftwaffe just did the best they could.

 

[GrauGeist]

I don't think they deliberately parked it in a 'marsh'.
The onset of the Russian winter brough many problems for German mobility, mud or 'rasputitsa' severely hampered progress, resupply and affected all arms of the German offensive, roads and landing strips were quickly reduced to quagmires. Ground forces often resorted to wheeled vehicles being towed by tracked vehicles, the Luftwaffe just did the best they could.

Funny how that same exact problem hampered Napoleon's troops too...

 

[Matt308]

Days ago I came across this strange photo of an early model of Heinkel 111 bomber on the site Airwar.ru:

That's not an He-111. It looks to be an DB-3/Il-4.

 

[pbfoot]

I think it might be am early HE111 A or B model

 

[Colin1]

I thought it was an early He111 too but I'm not familiar enough to positively identify it, be helpful if we could see the tail, that was unmistakeable

 

[pbfoot]

I thought it was an early He111 too but I'm not familiar enough to positively identify it, be helpful if we could see the tail, that was unmistakeable

I believe the Russian aircraft had radials

 

[Marcogrifo]

I think there's no doubt it's an Heinkel He111-b1 like this below:

 

[Colin1]

I think there's no doubt it's an Heinkel He111-b1 like this below:

They're too well-dressed to be Russian ground crew

 

[Matt308]

I believe the Russian aircraft had radials

Yeah I know, but I was thinking they might have been Klimov diesels. I stand corrected.

 

[A4K]

I think Colin hit the nail on the head with the reason for the attitude of the wheels - you can see the planks lying around ready to be used for traction when they pull her out.

 

[HerrKaleut]

It is a 111B -1. I originally thought a b-2 but those nacelles are different

 

[blimp]

hi folks , a quick i.d. check shows the lack of early wing mounted oilcoolers and larger radiators make this version a He 111 b2 .

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I think Colin hit the nail on the head with the reason for the attitude of the wheels - you can see the planks lying around ready to be used for traction when they pull her out.

I tend to agree, we had a similar problem with an Islander that landed on our short runway at Talbingo, Snowy Mountains, NSW. When it turn round on the grass, it was so wet the aircraft wheels just sank into the mud.

 

[antoni]

One possibility that comes to mind is that it is the He 111 b-2 captured during the Spanish Civil War, dismantled and shipped to the Soviet Union where it was extensively tested.

 

[JacquesDav]

Days ago I came across this strange photo of an early model of Heinkel 111 bomber on the site Airwar.ru:

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Can someone tells me for what reason they digged into ground wheels?

I really can't figure out why...

Cheers

Bloch 162… but I'm not the first to point it out.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I think you're right -- I think I can see the tops of the vert stabs behind engines 2 and 3.

 

[fubar57]

Different angle