Sunday, April 16, 2017

Londoners gather around a Messerschmitt bomber shot down during the Blitz, 1940


7 comments:

  1. Looks like they caught it with a net.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Pretty good landing for being shot down. Not sure what's to the left of the picture, but if he put it down coming down that street, that took some skills.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Didn't they hang nets from barrage balloons?

    ReplyDelete
  4. Did some poking around with Tineye. Found this---

    http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/world-war-ii-10th-october-1940-london-england-a-news-photo/79665816?#world-war-ii-10th-october-1940-london-england-a-messerschmidt-110-picture-id79665816

    ...and this---

    https://www.google.com/search?q=me+110+shot+down+in+england&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqwYWe0azTAhXsylQKHb-9C2MQsAQIUg&biw=1152&bih=605&dpr=1.25#imgrc=d11J676sja0MtM:&spf=213

    Scroll down on this forum for larger versions of both photos---

    http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&p=146941

    I rather doubt that this is where the 110 come down.

    ReplyDelete