fubar57
General
It belonged to Aufklärungsgruppe 31 which was used for night-recon. duties from late 1944. Might they be parachute flares?
What is this? (Luftwaffe im Focus 31)
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But why have them mounted in such a fashion? They don't APPEAR like they seperate.
John Vasco
Senior Airman
Yes I am.
And no, I haven't seen those things under the wings before.
My only port of call to try to find out is the Petrick/Mankau book.
One point of interest. LiF says the Bf 110 is a G-2. That's not a 'G', it's an 'F' variant, and given it is with a recce unit, most likely an 'F-3'.
MiTasol
2nd Lieutenant
Or for air sample collection? But what would they be looking for? What chemicals in the air/smoke above a battle and what would they learn from it?
What caused this line of thought was the RAAF Lincolns that flew through the atomic bomb clouds post war collected air samples.
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Love your writing brother.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
The X-Gerät antenna was mounted atop the fuselage length-wise and was supported by three masts, one at either end and one about a third of the length.
special ed
1st Sergeant
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Wait? The LW is sampling the air from their nuke? They won't have the range to fly to White Sands. Wot? This isn't a what if thread? Never mind.
fubar57
General
I think the nuke was in the Antarctic.....with their UFO
MiTasol
2nd Lieutenant
No Ed - I was not suggesting that the LW was sampling air from a nuke - just maybe collecting six air samples for analysis though I cannot think why.
Poison dispersion downwind of a factory fire?
Gas dispersion downwind of a gas attack?
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Poison dispersion downwind of a factory fire?
Gas dispersion downwind of a gas attack?
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C'mon MiTasol, just go with it... Nazi nukes aren't that far fetched, not according to the internet!
ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
Too small for bombs, even practice ones ...
They are more or less in size and shape of a 60 mm mortar shell.
One of the Lincolns was so badly contaminated it was reduced to produce and buried at RAAF Amberley and another so much so that it was dumped at sea. RAAF air and ground crew also suffered reduced life as a result of heir participation in these activities, although officially that wasn't the cause of their premature demise in each individual case...
special ed
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MiTasol
You should be used to my humor (humour) by now.
You should be used to my humor (humour) by now.
MiTasol
2nd Lieutenant
Hi Ed
I have no probs with your humor but these days there are idiots that would take it as gospel and would post it to farsebook. (the f is silent).
Mi
I have no probs with your humor but these days there are idiots that would take it as gospel and would post it to farsebook. (the f is silent).
Mi
MiTasol
2nd Lieutenant
Yes.
The RAAF has a history of telling lies to coroners and to police acting on behalf of the coroner.
In some cases though the lies are as a direct result of political pressure.
In at least one other case the lies were probably made to make it clear that the biggest lie is a result of political pressure to prevent the burial of the wrong person.
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Escuadrilla Azul
Staff Sergeant
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Sure, nothing similar. Quite a mistery
From the Number on the aircraft it looks like 5D+BC which belonged to II Gruppe Geschwader stab Aufklärungsgruppe 31 - a resonances squadron. Also note that the exhausts are flame dampened the same way as the night fighters were. So the things under the wing must be some sort of equipment in that context.
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To me they seem permanently mounted
