Hi All, Found these photo's while at the market thats held twice a year in Speyer Tecknik Musuem Germany, Any ideas on the aircraft? place, crrew etc , sorry no date , all the reverse says is " enemy crash aircraft" and the place they were processed " PhotoBach B154 Hagen/W." Cheers Dom
I don't think its a Hampden, that rear fuselage and wing just don't look right. I have a gut feeling that its a French design but that raises the question of why the roundels appear to RAF colours and not French (Blue outer ring rather than red).
Not sure on teh Hampden also , Ive had other sugestions French Breguet 693 French Bloch 174/175, possible. and yes if French why the roundels !? Dom
The aircraft in question is a Breguet 693. (to be more specific a 691 the earlier model of a 693 according to squadron records) The curve of the rear fuselage and straight across double tail are clues as to the type. The wing camouflage and roundels (which look similar in shading to other black and white pictures of the type) are clues as to the nationality. The clincher is the snail cartoon on the fuselage. This actually allows the particular aircraft to be identified. I've attached a profile of it included in the book: Breguet 693 Le lion de l'aviation d'assault. It is Breguet 693 No5 'Dadou" from GBAII/54, shot down by fighters June 5 1940 From Peter Cornwell's "The Battle of France Then and Now" page 425 Addendum under entry reads " Due to intense shelling in the area, it proved impossible to recover the body of Raymond Brunet and he was never found. He has no known grave".
Not the same airman. S/Lt Brunet was a Frenchman, whereas Sgt Brunette was a Canadian and killed over a year after the Breguet was shot down.
Just out of interest... is the snail a reference to the shape of the fuselage? There's some odd looking a/c from this era, and this is one of them!
Thanks all, clears this little mystery up .... I will be back in Germany soon , will have to see if i can find some more.... Dom
