Trees and bushes...? - Page 3 - Aircraft of World War II

Lucky13 · 03-03-2009, 03:27 PM

That would be jolly decent of you, if you don't mind old chap....

Airframes · 03-03-2009, 05:25 PM

No problem old boy! I'll do it later tonight, after I've squirted some more coloured stuff on the the old Zerstorer!

Airframes · 03-03-2009, 10:52 PM

Here you are old chap!
The first pic shows the general area of what used to be Reinsehlen airfield, on the edge of the Langeloh Forest, Luneberg Heath, north west Germny. The map is a British issue NATO chart, from 1973, printed 1969, when the former airfield was a training camp; far as I know, it still is, although used by Engineers and Armoured units, and has changed a lot since the '70's.
The purple lines, mostly following roads, mark various boundaries, for training purposes, as a lot of the area is a nature reserve, out of bounds to troops.
The enlargement shows the airfield/camp itself, with the broken purple line, and part of a red line, following the roads. During the war, the roads crossing the centre of the clearing were the runways.
As the area on the map is pink, it isn't that easy to see how the whole airfield just merged with the surroundings, but, from the air, it just looked like a large forest clearing. Notice the roads running around the perimeter, which just look natural, like any other road, due to the way the field was laid out. Rather clever, don't you think?
From what I remember, these minor roads were block-paved, and there were some similarly paved short tracks running off at intervals, which I believe were dispersals. Also, only just discernible on the map, there were/are some tracks running into the forest, mostly overgrown when I was there, certainly on the northern and western boundaries. These led to dispersals in the forest itself, as seen in the pics you posted. I didn't get a chance to check the other areas, or see much of the above mentioned areas, due mainly to time restrictions (I was taking part in a major NATO exercise, and, a couple of days later, the poo hit the wirling thing, as the Arab - Israeli war started, the Sovs looked like mobilising, we were on immediate readiness, and it looked as if WW3 was about to happen!), plus some areas were out of bounds to 'squaddies'.
I recently 'googled' Reinsehlen, when doing the 'Gustav' diorama,and found some aerial pics of the place. Although it looks like some of the forest has now been cut back, you can still get an idea of what it was like.
Hope this helps old fruit.
Toodle pip and all that rot, what?!!

Lucky13 · 03-04-2009, 11:48 AM

Jolly good show old scout! Does the young kind sirs want a dahing cup of tea, eh, can't beat a good cuppa, bucks you up! Puts a bit of zip into you. What I mean is, restores you, and so on, don't you know...

muller · 03-04-2009, 02:47 PM

Indeed....

Lucky13 · 03-05-2009, 11:53 AM

Quite...!

Airframes · 03-05-2009, 12:18 PM

OK, what have you been drinking.....or smoking?!!!

Lucky13 · 03-05-2009, 01:46 PM

Eeermmm.....Earl Grey?

Wurger · 03-05-2009, 01:49 PM

I don't belive...

Airframes · 03-05-2009, 04:22 PM

I didn't know Earl Grey was available in bottles, from Highland sources!

Lucky13 · 03-05-2009, 04:40 PM

My own composition....

Wurger · 03-05-2009, 04:42 PM

Oooo ho ho ho !!!

Airframes · 03-05-2009, 05:05 PM

Or, ho,ho,hic!

Wurger · 03-05-2009, 05:13 PM

He he he .

Lucky13 · 03-07-2009, 03:15 AM

Was it common throughout the war, to hide the aircraft in forrest openings around the edges of the base? Could be fun to build a diorama with a machine in a dug out and another one in a barn or something....
I'm pretty sure that they tried everything to camouflage the fighters...

03-03-2009, 03:27 PM	#31
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	That would be jolly decent of you, if you don't mind old chap.... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-03-2009, 05:25 PM	#32
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	No problem old boy! I'll do it later tonight, after I've squirted some more coloured stuff on the the old Zerstorer! __________________

03-04-2009, 11:48 AM	#34
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Jolly good show old scout! Does the young kind sirs want a dahing cup of tea, eh, can't beat a good cuppa, bucks you up! Puts a bit of zip into you. What I mean is, restores you, and so on, don't you know... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-04-2009, 02:47 PM	#35
muller Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Emerald Isle Posts: 1,497	Indeed.... __________________

03-05-2009, 11:53 AM	#36
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Quite...! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-05-2009, 12:18 PM	#37
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	OK, what have you been drinking.....or smoking?!!! __________________

03-05-2009, 01:46 PM	#38
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Eeermmm.....Earl Grey? __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-05-2009, 01:49 PM	#39
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,972	I don't belive... __________________

03-05-2009, 04:22 PM	#40
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	I didn't know Earl Grey was available in bottles, from Highland sources! __________________

03-05-2009, 04:40 PM	#41
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	My own composition.... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-05-2009, 04:42 PM	#42
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,972	Oooo ho ho ho !!! __________________

03-05-2009, 05:05 PM	#43
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Or, ho,ho,hic! __________________

03-05-2009, 05:13 PM	#44
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,972	He he he . __________________

03-07-2009, 03:15 AM	#45
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Was it common throughout the war, to hide the aircraft in forrest openings around the edges of the base? Could be fun to build a diorama with a machine in a dug out and another one in a barn or something.... I'm pretty sure that they tried everything to camouflage the fighters... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

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