UNDATED – At an airshow in Germany, a de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth (D-EDAS) has been parked on the airfield. In the back, three small Army aircraft do a fly-by. Scan © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
On to the next image of the big (500+) slides from the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Here, our photographer visited an air show, probably somewhere in the south-west of Germany. In the front, D-EDAS, a de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth has been parked while in the back three Piper PA-18 Super Cubs of the Belgium Army do a fly-by.
Interestingly, the Tiger Moth used to be an incredibly popular aircraft. More than 7,000 units were manufactured from 1931 to the end of WW2, and many of them are still active today. This photo was shot in 1962, but the image is a fresh as it was back then.
The history of D-EDAS is widely in the dark. It is pretty certain that the registration changed at some point in time because D-EDAS belongs to a different aircraft today.
I found one valuable hint at the Danish Civil Aircraft Register that mentions D-EDAS in the notes of OY-DGH. A visual comparison confirms that it’s at least the same type, but whether it is really the former D-EDAS is unclear (to me.) Funnily enough, photographer Ray Barber has published an image that shows OY-DGH in June 1982. The angle is almost identical, albeit 20+ years are between the two shots. 😉
Anyway, I like this image a lot.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | c. 1961 |
| Location | Germany |
| Camera | n/a |
| Image Source | Framed 35mm color slide |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 6756 x 4392 Pixels |
| Copyright | Scan © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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