Hitler's Luftwaffe ends up in English fields ...

[dogtag]

Oh yes, I remember it well. Visited a crashed Dornier in Hyde Park.
Most unusual as Heinkels and Junkers were the norm.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-Britain.html

It was a fun time for kids - but only kids.

[togor]

I have photos taken by my late grandfather of abandoned Luftwaffe aircraft from when they located to bases in France after the invasion. B-26 gunner. They left some interesting stuff behind but all of it was inferior to allied aircraft. The Germans stumbled horribly in getting better types into production.

[blackhawknj]

The Brits had their very efficient CRO-Civilian Repair Organization-which salvaged their downed aircraft and they recycled as much of the Germans' as they could.

[barretcreek]

Saw a coffee table book of photos of German POWs being marched on to ships for transport to U.S. and Canada. Everyone of them smiling and laughing at the G.I. and Tommy guards.

[Vern Humphrey]

The Brits had their very efficient CRO-Civilian Repair Organization-which salvaged their downed aircraft and they recycled as much of the Germans' as they could.

That was really the key to winning the Battle of Britain, and Goering didn't understand it. The battle took place over Britain. British pilots who bailed out and aircraft that were shot down came down on British soil. They could be put back into the fight. The same was true of the Germans, of course, but once down on British soil they were out of the war.

[Roadkingtrax]

Many Allied and Axis aircraft were sent to the same smelters when the war stopped east of the Rhine. Gave the locals something to do, and the US didnt really want it back.