As will be evident from many previously-published sources in relation to this event, the German aircraft was a Junkers 88G-6 night fighter, not a bomber variant. There is no way it was carrying out a raid on the UK as it was fighter, not a bomber. For maximum range it would carried as much fuel as possible too. I am sure the crew just wanted to get through the defences around British cities and across the sea without drawing attention to themselves. The aircraft was of interest to the British for the airborne radar that it carried, which is why Eric Brown flew it to Farnborough, where many former German aircraft were gathered post-war for testing. The aircraft's Werke Nummer (serial) was 621642 and Brown recounts the episode in his book on flying German WW2 aircraft "Wings of the Luftwaffe". In his account, the German crew landed their aircraft in pouring rain on the fairly short (900 feet) grass strip at Gormanston - "no mean" feat", he says. (The base at Grove is the present-day Karup Air Base in Denmark.) See also Mark Felton's episode here: ua-cam.com/video/5uqN8zIOMpY/v-deo.htmlsi=NTxQmpnk8L0qBv7L
A relative of mine was arrested during the war for giving information to the Germans. A heading in one of the news papers at the time read “the piccolo wouldn’t sound” after a search of his house revealed code hidden in a small flute like musical instrument called a piccolo. It seems he escaped from Garda custody after been given a five year sentence and went on the run. We don’t know what became of him after that.
Thank you for this excellent story. My grandfather was in the US Navy on a seaplane tender in the Caribbean during WW2. They caught a Shell Oil tanker refuling a German submarine. Holland was neutral. My whole family never baught gas from a Shell station to this day.
It was unsurprising that a small number of Germans with the means to do so - particularly aircraft and submarines - should choose to escape to neutral countries rather than face the uncertainties of imprisonment for an unknown period. Numerous Allied aircrew sought safety in Switzerland and Sweden during the war for similar reasons. An interesting story, well told, without sensationalism. Thanks.
@@ianhl7174 Some yes, but others lacked fuel, others were lost and some lost their nerve. The point is that they also chose this option to avoid the uncertainty of becoming POWs.
Thanks for this interesting account of wartime intrigue. Most interesting. However The term Irish Free State was replaced by just the name Ireland, as of December 1937. This is still the case, and is the constitutional & Legal Name of the country. Dotted around the coast were markers spelling out "EIRE", thus indicating the neutrality of the State. Look forward to more similar articles.
It would seem that his wife was from Belfast in the Transvaal, South Africa, and he may well have come from the former German Colony, now Namibia, that was under South African mandate since the end of the First World War.
Oswald mosel settled in fermoy for ten years or so after the war - otto skorzeny bought a farm in kildare for a few years after the war - i came across a SS guy in a book who eacaped to dublin and a ship from there onto south america, he said in the book others had taken the same route , for the life of me i cant remember his name, it was a few years ago i read it
Why did the Irish govt send the three German airmen to the UK ? They should have been allowed stay in Ireland as free men, the war was over and Ireland was an soverign nation beholden to no one, that was a strange decision
Didn't the guy who freed the Italian leader from the prison the first time live in Ireland after the war I can't remember his name he was a talk guy scar on his face he was a famous German commando but he lived in Ireland for over ten years after the war
As will be evident from many previously-published sources in relation to this event, the German aircraft was a Junkers 88G-6 night fighter, not a bomber variant. There is no way it was carrying out a raid on the UK as it was fighter, not a bomber. For maximum range it would carried as much fuel as possible too. I am sure the crew just wanted to get through the defences around British cities and across the sea without drawing attention to themselves. The aircraft was of interest to the British for the airborne radar that it carried, which is why Eric Brown flew it to Farnborough, where many former German aircraft were gathered post-war for testing. The aircraft's Werke Nummer (serial) was 621642 and Brown recounts the episode in his book on flying German WW2 aircraft "Wings of the Luftwaffe". In his account, the German crew landed their aircraft in pouring rain on the fairly short (900 feet) grass strip at Gormanston - "no mean" feat", he says. (The base at Grove is the present-day Karup Air Base in Denmark.) See also Mark Felton's episode here: ua-cam.com/video/5uqN8zIOMpY/v-deo.htmlsi=NTxQmpnk8L0qBv7L
A relative of mine was arrested during the war for giving information to the Germans. A heading in one of the news papers at the time read “the piccolo wouldn’t sound” after a search of his house revealed code hidden in a small flute like musical instrument called a piccolo. It seems he escaped from Garda custody after been given a five year sentence and went on the run. We don’t know what became of him after that.
Thank you for this excellent story.
My grandfather was in the US Navy on a seaplane tender in the Caribbean during WW2. They caught a Shell Oil tanker refuling a German submarine. Holland was neutral. My whole family never baught gas from a Shell station to this day.
Holland was NOT neutral during ww2. It was occupied by Germany and run by a Nazi government.
The Netherlands were neutral in WW1 but not at all in WW2.
@@hanslub42correct! The Netherlands had been invaded by Germany in May 1940 and was occupied by the Nazis until spring 1945.
If America was in WW2 then Holland was at war with Germany. Royal Dutch was Dutch, Shell was British. This story makes no sense
You must be Dutch. . Holland was neutralized except for its industry like Shell Oil, who sold to the Naz__s @hanslub42
Great story very much worth telling. Thank you!
It was unsurprising that a small number of Germans with the means to do so - particularly aircraft and submarines - should choose to escape to neutral countries rather than face the uncertainties of imprisonment for an unknown period. Numerous Allied aircrew sought safety in Switzerland and Sweden during the war for similar reasons. An interesting story, well told, without sensationalism. Thanks.
I think you mean that their aircraft were damaged and sought a landing in a neutral state rather than becoming a pow?
@@ianhl7174 Some yes, but others lacked fuel, others were lost and some lost their nerve. The point is that they also chose this option to avoid the uncertainty of becoming POWs.
Thanks for this interesting account of wartime intrigue. Most interesting. However The term Irish Free State was replaced by just the name Ireland, as of December 1937. This is still the case, and is the constitutional & Legal Name of the country. Dotted around the coast were markers spelling out "EIRE", thus indicating the neutrality of the State. Look forward to more similar articles.
Repeating earlier comments: Ireland/ Éire not Free State. Please be historic.
It would seem that his wife was from Belfast in the Transvaal, South Africa, and he may well have come from the former German Colony, now Namibia, that was under South African mandate since the end of the First World War.
Oswald mosel settled in fermoy for ten years or so after the war - otto skorzeny bought a farm in kildare for a few years after the war - i came across a SS guy in a book who eacaped to dublin and a ship from there onto south america, he said in the book others had taken the same route , for the life of me i cant remember his name, it was a few years ago i read it
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Larry Thorne was activ till 1947...in Finland.
I would often meet the Fuhrer out fishing, he was very good at tying a fly
Did der Fuhrer teach you his technique?
Why did the Irish govt send the three German airmen to the UK ? They should have been allowed stay in Ireland as free men, the war was over and Ireland was an soverign nation beholden to no one, that was a strange decision
Good question. I suspect UK govt made it worthwhile for Irish govt. to hand them to the UK security forces
If the war was over they were illegal immigrants, not combatants. The Brits were the controlling power in Northern Germany.
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Indeed. Ireland was not a Free State. Also you did not mention the ranks of the three Germans or the ranks of the Irish Intelligence officers.
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More and more convinced the wrong people lost the war
Didn't the guy who freed the Italian leader from the prison the first time live in Ireland after the war I can't remember his name he was a talk guy scar on his face he was a famous German commando but he lived in Ireland for over ten years after the war
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Skorzeny