Schongau airfield 1945 B&W film

[SafetyDad]

Following on from the thread recently posted here on Fritzlar, and comments made by @Tim R-T-C about the lack of attention paid to clips like this, I thought I would draw your attention to this clip

 

 

It's in B&W, and the focus is a little 'soft' but there's some clear footage from 1:51 onwards of a Fw190D armed with R4M rockets. I've seen stills from this film before in the Crandall books on the Fw190D, but not this footage. 

 

Enjoy!

 

SD

[Crimea River]

Thanks for posting that. Very interesting.

 

My father was a farm boy in Germany during WW2 and was drafted at the age of 14, along with many other kids, to serve in the Volkssturm. His ragged group was sent to Schongau to help "defend" the airfield in early 1945 and he related to me how he was scared to death when the Allies strafed the airfield. He sheltered in the trees and remembered the incredible noise and wood splinters flying all over the place.