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    Posted: 12 Aug 2015 at 19:42
Interesting to see the 'related objects' at the bottom of the page.

The indexing of IWM photos is an ongoing task, as it is with every museum or archive; the option being to stop collecting !
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It's not well indexed!
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By jove ,a IWM photo lve not seen before.ls such a thing possible?
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Via the Facebook captured aircraft group, I became aware of another photo of this one:

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205341508

The RE8 might help with identification?


Edited by Davef68 - 13 Jun 2015 at 01:46
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I suspect Dave's right and this D.Va is in Germany post-war, but I'm not convinced it's Bickendorf as the shed glazing looks different. A scan would be excellent - meantime I'll dig some more ...
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I am quite happy to provide a decent scan if required.

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A Journal photo feature on captured German aircraft would be a good way to go with this, along the lines of the one Stuart Leslie compiled on G56 some years back.
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See my post above, Three (Two in UK marks) in Windsock Datafile no 151 (I'm not going to incurr Ray Rimmel's wrath by scanning and posting them online!)

I don't think it is
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Anyone got a photo of G.159? Paul reckons it might be a match.  Albatros D.Va 5734/17 flown by Vzfw Weimer of Jasta 56 ...
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It does indeed look like Bickendorf, in which case all our chatter about G numbers is for nothing :-)
John - Any provenance on this shot, that might give us a clue?
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