Hi Chaps,
Looking at the line of trees behind the Stirling in pic 2. it was a close call for this crew. The port wing seems to have vanished?
If the a/c had clipped the trees though, i would have expected the fuselage to have spun around to port , due to the colliision?
Its hard to say if the wreck, is in its original rest position. Maybe the Stirling has been placed ihere or quite likely dragged,.....maybe so as to be nearer to a road?..... the port wing already removed and scrapped to get the bulk of it through the tree line nearer the crane in pic 1.
The efficient looking Luftwaffe "tatters" seem to be transporting the a/c in large pieces, not the usual metal butchery? Probably easier to transort away in large sections.
I would have thought the last time this Stirling was airborne was when it was suspended from the crane. I seem to remember, the "captured Stirling" only suffered nose damage and was" patched up"
Mind you, if you think the pilot of the Stirling in pic 2 made a good landing, what about the chap in pic 3 .........who swooped low over St Pauls and made a 3 pointer in the square below, without buckling the U/C "absolutely wizard prang what"
Regards NM
"Rule Britannia two tanners make a bob,three make eighten pence and four two bob"!