Strange photo

[Vic Balshaw]

I think Colin hit the nail on the head with the reason for the attitude of the wheels - you can see the planks lying around ready to be used for traction when they pull her out.

I tend to agree, we had a similar problem with an Islander that landed on our short runway at Talbingo, Snowy Mountains, NSW. When it turn round on the grass, it was so wet the aircraft wheels just sank into the mud.

[antoni]

One possibility that comes to mind is that it is the He 111 b-2 captured during the Spanish Civil War, dismantled and shipped to the Soviet Union where it was extensively tested.