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By: 25th January 2015 at 21:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I would suggest that the proving ground at Peenemunde, which was established pre-war was, almost certainly well known of long before any Spitfire flew over it to take pictures.
Moggy
By: 25th January 2015 at 22:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-IIRC Sidney Cotton flew over in his Lockheed 12A
Regards
By: 25th January 2015 at 22:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Phantom II
Did you mean to ask which aircraft took the first aerial photograph of a V1 on Peenemunde? (No, I don't know the answer).
DD
By: 26th January 2015 at 09:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-According to the superb history of the German rocket program, "The Rocket Team" by Ordway and Sharpe, " pg 78, the Peenemund establishment was first photographed on May 15th 1942, when Flt Lt D.W Stevenson was on his way to cover Swinemunde following a photographic mission over Kiel."
It does not describe the aircraft, so perhaps somebody can trace the pilot and squadron and make the deduction. I would have thought it was a PR Mosquito that far in.
By: 26th January 2015 at 09:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Phantom IIDid you mean to ask which aircraft took the first aerial photograph of a V1 on Peenemunde?
That I would guess is what was meant, or even which aircraft was tasked to take the first recce shots of Peenemunde?
Certainly it wasn't discovered by aerial reconnaissance; it was revealed to the UK intelligence in November 1939 - The Oslo Report
http://www.v2rocket.com/start/chapters/peene/oslo_report.html
Moggy
By: 26th January 2015 at 19:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-F/L D.W. Steventon [not Stevenson] was a member of 1 PRU. His photos of Peenemunde were the first to cover the facility, though at the time the significance of the site was not known. He was flying Spitfire PR.IV R7037.
Best Regards
Andy Fletcher
By: 27th January 2015 at 05:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-What colour underpants was he wearing on the flight ! :)
By: 27th January 2015 at 08:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Does anybody know the colour scheme of R7073 ? Please .
By: 27th January 2015 at 09:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-What colour underpants was he wearing on the flight ! :)
The ORB doesn't record what colour his pants were on this sortie but it is probable they were PRU blue so that the Germans couldn't see them at high altitude.
By: 27th January 2015 at 09:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Does anybody know the colour scheme of R7073 ? Please .
Hi OHOPE,
R7037 would have been overall PRU blue.
Best Regards
Andy Fletcher
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By: PhantomII - 25th January 2015 at 21:36
Just curious...anyone know what Mark of recce Spitfire discovered the German facility at Peenemunde?