some wonderful pictures from the Bundesarchiv :-)
 

Superb! Thank goodness pictures like these survived the war. Thanks for posting.

Very interesting. I love the picture of the Heinkels skimming the wave tops, which I'd seen before.

Amazing pic with the Spitfire.

Thanks

yeah that was quite a popular propaganda shot, I wonder if it's the same Spit that we saw pics of in the ebay auction last week?

It's the infamous captured Spitfire, easily spotted becuse the roundels are in the wrong place, covering the black crosses which are underneath them.

It did cross my mind that it might be set up actually.

There is another pic I've seen of a Spitfire photographed from the nose of a German bomber. Is that a propaganda pic too?

If it's the one I'm thinking of then yes.. The roundels on the wings are too close to the fuselage. There are a few photos that must have been taken of it. They pop in books every now and then and are mistaken for 'real' photographs all the time.

I think it's the same Spitfire that made a forced landing at Calais-Marck airfield during the Dunkirk evacuations. If anyones interested it's an interesting story, it's the one where 2 spitfires and an unarmed training aircraft (a Master) went back over the channel to rescue the C.O who's Spitfire it was. Al Deere was one of the Spifire pilots. They fought of a bunch of 109's and managed to get the C.O out of there.

EDIT: Same Spit different shot, notice the fuselage roundel is in the wrong place too and no squadron lettering either.

http://www.spitfiresite.com/photos/h...111-773533.jpg

I just love to see old photos. Thanks for posting.

It was another pic I was thinking of - taken from the nose of a German bomber looking forward, the Spitfire is further away, apparently pulling away after an attack (though could possibly be from the same sequence as the one you posted?)

Interesting about the Al Deere connection. I'll have to pull out my copy of Nine Lives again.

Apologies to Sternjaeger for distracting from his excellent pics

A couple more of the same..

http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/617473-4/Spitfire-03-px800
http://ww2total.com/WW2/Weapons/War-...1-06-px800.jpg