It’s Monday so that means it's time for another post of these amazing never before seen WWII photos taken by my Grandpa Joe. To learn more about my Grandpa and the history behind this unique memorabilia please see my original post Never Before Seen WWII Photos.
If you are new to my blog, or if you are a returning visitor, welcome! I am so excited to bring these photos here to you folks on Steemit. I am an Afghanistan War Veteran myself so these photos, that my Grandfather took, are extra special to me. Together we get to walk a little in his footsteps as he toured Germany at the end of the Second World War.
Since it has been a little while since I began this series I would just like to do a short recap for all the new people or maybe for those of you who have joined us a little later on in this series.
My Grandfather was an infantryman in the United States Army and was assigned to take photographs for his unit at the end of the Second World War. He was all over Germany and took hundreds of photos. It wasn’t until a few years ago anyone had even seen these photographs, but my Grandma allowed me to take the undeveloped film to a specialist who developed them and then converted them into digital files for us to see.
At the bottom of the post, I will link my past WWII posts for you to check out, and I encourage you to do so! There are some great pictures there and there are still a lot more amazing pictures to see.
For today's post, I would like to share with you all some interesting photos my Grandfather took of enemy planes. It would appear that these photos were taken near an airfield and if I would have to guess it was the captured airfield, Kitzingen Airfield. I have several pictures of him there and you can see that post here Never Before Seen WWII Photos (1).
The majority of the photos in today's post appear to be taken at a collection point for wrecked planes, perhaps near or on the airfield. Some of these airplanes show clear combat related damage, and for some itis hard to say exactly what led to their demise. Many appear to be stripped down for parts or maybe even just damaged during clean up. Maybe some were destroyed during the capture of the Airfield or just in skirmishes nearby and brought back to the base. This is a really cool shot of a German tail fin surrounded by a heap of destroyed planes. Seems almost artistic in a way. Beautiful.
Here we have some more severely damaged German Fighters. The one on the far right, facing the camera, may have some damage to the tail from flight but its hard to say for certain. The one in the middle of the frame, with the cockpit in view, looks like the engine was stripped and maybe used somewhere else. It is really crazy that there is just a pile of planes stacked up sitting outside these buildings, but that is war.
It looks like this Soviet (former Axis) fighter took at least two rounds to the tail fin and has some major damage to the side of her body as well. I have been wrong many times before on these posts, but I am going to take a guess and say that we are looking at a destroyed Yak 3 to me. I’m looking at the tail fin and cockpit, but again I may be wrong.
Here we have a rather dark shot taken inside of a hanger. I know there are many WWII plane experts out here on Steemit that can take one look at this plane and identify it immediately. I, however, am finding it pretty difficult to know for sure from this angle. If I had to guess though I would say it is a Heinkel He 111. It’s just that the defensive turret on her belly seems different than that of most of the pictures I am seeing online. I really hope someone can help me out here. Pretty awesome that the fuel barrels are still standing under her ready to go.
Please Check Out More Never Before Seen WWII Photos Posts
Never Before Seen WWII Photos
Never Before Seen WWII Photos (1)
Never Before Seen WWII Photos (2)
Never Before Seen WWII Photos (3)
Never Before Seen WWII Photos (4) Battlefields!!!
I Discovered Where He Was!!! Never Before Seen WWII Battlefield Photos
Destroyed German Tank and a Shot of the Battlefield! Never Before Seen WWII Images
Is Your Grandpa (or Grandma) in these pictures? Previously Unseen WWII Photos!
Portraits of War; Previously Unseen WWII Photographs
There are many more photographs, so please come on back next Monday and join me on this amazing journey through Germany during World War II!
Thanks, everyone for stopping by and please upvote and Re-steam this post! I am really enjoying all the comments and feedback from all you folks, thank you very much! If you have any information on any of these photographs, please, please share it in the comments.
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