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[locopiston]

I do not know which is the one that is in the foreground... but due to its state, seems that it would have resisted in the battle of the thermopylae.

Mexchiwa, The one on the left in my opinion is a Potez 631... 

[SAS~Storebror]

The poor bird in front is a Spartan Cruiser II S/N 5, original British registration G-ACJO, yugoslavian registration YU-SAN, nickname "Ljubljana", operated by Aeroput airline in Yugoslavia.
Some sources claim that the picture was from a crash landing, but that's not true.
YU-SAN and YU-SAO were used until mid-1938 on the Sušak line, when they were withdrawn in reserve with 2239 hours of flight (YU-SAN) and 2337 hours (YU-SAO).
The plane that crashed on July 15, 1936 during the departure from the Ljubljana Airport, was YU-SAP, the only Cruiser II which was licence-built by Zmaj aircraft company in Zemun.
On that occasion pilot Mikhail Jaroshenko, radio-telegraphist Tom Anusic and all 5 passengers who were in it, were missing.

At the beginning of the war, aircraft that failed to fly to warplanes were damaged or unprepared.
YU-SAO "Sušak" tried to fly but was damaged on that occasion.
"Lubljana" was captured and was at Zemun airport, where she waited for her further fate.

Some more pictures of YU-SAN:


















Cheers!
Mike

[LameHawk]

Hey Big  Brother - a very fine answer.

Actually I don't much like aircraft cemetery pictures.  They are kind of depressing. The waste!

And I hadn't thought about the Drover likeness  - but yes, it is quite true . 

So Mike - a well deserved cigar

[SAS~Storebror]

Thanks LameHawk
This is probably not too hard, albeit not quite obvious at first glance:



Cheers!
Mike

[P51vsFw190]

Heinkel He 111G-3, Werk # 1884

Here is the same picture from behind:

[LameHawk]

Just about to say 'Augsburg'

- and if you understand Swedish. http://lae.blogg.se/2017/november/heinkeln-som-skots-ner-vid-viken-1944.html

[P51vsFw190]

Thats actually in Copenhagen

[LameHawk]

Seems like just south of the small town of Køge, about 30 km south-west of Copenhagen (My home turf as it is)

[P51vsFw190]

Hmm interesting

[SAS~Storebror]

Heinkel He 111G-3

That's correct.

Werk # 1884

Here is the same picture from behind:

That's incorrect.
It's plain to see that it's a different plane, different location.
The only thing I have shopped out was the Balkenkreuz.
Your plane shows two stripes which are not there on the quest plane.
Furthermore the quest plane obviously is lying on a road, which is not the case for #1884.
Propellor positions differ too.
Last but not least, you can see a building which would have been visible on your tail image if it would have been the same plane.

Actually the plane is WerkNr. 1885 (really! Right the next serial!).
The crash happened at BFS 3 (Blindflugschule, blind flying school) in Neukuhren on 25 January 1942.
Because of engine failure, the plane couldn't gain height on takeoff.

So... even though the details were incorrect, the baton goes to you James for identifying the plane type correctly.

Cheers!
Mike

[P51vsFw190]

Damn, one werke nummer off!

Oh well,

Try this then:




James

[LameHawk]

1/72?