Luftwaffe aircraft buried in Norway

[norman malayney]

Gentlemen,

A few months ago, I posted on this web site information relating to buried German aircraft in Norway. After the capitualtion of Germany in May 1945, a large number of Luftwafe aircraft were found at Kjevik. A photo published in an October 1945 local newspaper shows several Ju88 being dumped into a large pit for eventual burial. These aircraft include:

Bf109G6, G10,G14............ 26 each
Bf110G2............................1
BF110G4............................2
Ju88A4...............................3
Ju88D.................................2
Ju88S.................................2
Ju88D.................................2
Ju88F..................................1
Fw190A9.............................4
Fw190F8..............................2
Fw190A2..............................1

A group of local aviation enthusiasts decided to attempt digging the particular area involved to recover the German aircraft. They have since learned the aircraft were set on fire and burned. The following is an update received from a correspondent in Norway.

"Our dig for Luftwaffe aircraft at Kjevik airfield has been going on in the summer seasons 2002, 2003 and 2004. Results so far have been 8 Ju 88 main leg wheels, 10 Bf 109 main wheel legs, 2 DB 605 engines, 1 BF 110 propeller and a number of smaller items. However, no aluminum has been found which may be due to the fact that the aircraft were burned out in 1945. However, we have still one more area to dig out. The problem is the size of this area which is about 20.000 cubic meters...."

Yours very truly,
Norman Malayney

[Cees Broere]

Hi Norm,

So there has been some activity in finding out what was buried here after all. I was beginning to fear that this was just another "rumour". This is a very exciting project and I hope that they will continue.

Cheers

Cees