Küstenfliegergruppe He 59, He 115, Bv 138, Thisted, Aalborg Denmark - Ebay photo find #308

..some nice views of Küstenfliegergruppe Bv 138 and He 115 seaplanes.  The emblem of  1./Küstenfliegergruppe 706  is displayed on a number of the aircraft seen below - according to the seller, at Thisted in Denmark. These aircraft flew patrols, conducted anti-shipping, anti-submarine and air-sea rescue operations.  According to Adam Thompson the Kü.Fl.Gr  was based at Aalborg but ' due to inclement weather occasionally used the harbour at Thisted as a base for operations ".The first image below is a general view of the bay with Thisted in the background with He 59 and Ar 196 seaplanes at their moorings. In the bottom two images the 2000th Feindflug flown by an Oblt. Gessmann and his crew in a Bv 138 is seen being feted..

courtesy Oliver Rogge ebay sales here

Luftwaffe seaplanes in the Norwegian campaign, Ha 139, Do 18, Ar 196 daily ebay photo find #178

a few highlights from a selection of Luftwaffe seaplanes involved in the Norwegian campaign on offer via the ea-antik Ebay sales site including some nice images of the Ha 139 V-1 Nordmeer. This Lufthansa transatlantic catapult-launched mail plane was pressed into Luftwaffe service on the outbreak of WWII. The large underwing radiators visible in the lower two images were a modification introduced after the first 'season' of transatlantic crossings. At one point it was planned to use the type for long-range maritime reconnaissance but this never happened. The fate of this machine is unknown, possibly scrapped. The V-3 sister ship was extensively photographed in an MS or - Minensuch minesweeping configuration. Note the 'P5' code of the Kdo. d. Transportflieger Norwegen.

More on the landplane version Bv 142 on this blog here

3./SAGr. 126 Bv 138 in colour

Bv 138 W.Nr. unknown "D1+HL", 3./SAGr. 126, Copenhagen, Summer 1945. Source: photo Lars Berth via Nationalmuseet, inv. FHM-151603

Bv 138 A W.Nr. unknown "??+HL", Copenhagen, Summer 1945. Source: photo Lars Berth via Nationalmuseet, inv. FHM-151682

For those not on FB - thanks MAH

Revell Bv 138 C-1 in 1:72nd

This  is the Supermodel kit of the Bv 138 repackaged by Revell and extensively re-worked by Russian modeller Fuad Pashayet who spent over one hundred hours on this project. The main difficulty was re-scribing the panel lines, although he added many extra small detail parts.

Blohm und Voss Bv 138 C-1 of 2.Staffel Küstenflieger Gruppe 406, coast of Norway, 1943
Code: K6 + AK  WNr. 0310158

crew:
1. Oblt.Ludwig Schönherr,
2. Ltn.Günther Behr
3. Uffz.Heinz Kitzmann
4. Uffz.Reinhold Zwanzig
5. Obw. Ernst Neumann

Posted here with kind permission of Fuad - his original build thread appears here
http://scalemania.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=390

more Luftwaffe Seaplanes - Dornier Do 24 of 6. Seenotstaffel, Dornier Do 18 and Bv 138

Do 24 of 6. Seenotstaffel in Syracus 1942. On the left of the shot is Oblt. Wölke Staffelkapitän der 6 Seenotstaffel, KIA on 13.11.1942 and Ernst Wargant along with Staffel Hund Helo....

Do 24 of  6. Seenotstaffel in the harbour at Patras following a collision with a fishing boat. Note the damaged nose. Picture is dated 1942.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Flugzeug-Airplane-Dornier-Do-18-Pilot-Mechaniker-9017-/370811518092?pt=Militaria&hash=item565616bc8c