Word: langenhagen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Included were views of Wilhelmshaven naval base and of Langenhagen airdrome ten miles north of Hanover (see cuts). Anti-aircraft fire kept the photographers of Wilhelmshaven (fast, long-nosed Blenhelms) at least 12,000 ft. aloft but the picture reveals at (1) a capital ship, the Gneisenau or Scharnhorst, in Jade Bay; at (2) a set of new locks under construction to connect the inner ship basin with the outer harbor proper, formed by a long new mole (between 1 and 2). Locks are needed because, in the spring, tides here rise 11½ ft. A corner of Wilhelmshaven...
...Langenhagen picture, made at about 5,000 ft., several planes can be seen moving across the field around (3). There are apparently 23 Heinkel He 111K bombers, twin-motored with a 75-ft. wingspread, two Junkers transports and three others. Oil spots on the runways show where planes are regularly parked. The hangars around the upper edge of the field are staggered in position so that they cannot be lined up for bombing...
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