Aviation pictures - The Germans take over

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Aviation pictures 1940-1945

The Airport under German control

Some of these photographs were clearly taken by German soldiers and airmen, others, for propaganda purposes, by official photographers. And this page also includes images taken by local amateur photographers from the Airport perimeter, at considerable risk

The Bailiff and Attorney-General are summoned to the Airport to meet the first senior officers to arrive
A Messerschmidt at the Airport
Another Messerschmidt
Another copy of the same photograph with a German eagle and swastika stamped on it. The origins of this picture are uncertain
Germans on a Jersey Airways DH86 undergoing maintenance before the Occupation and left behind in Jersey
A sign of the times: no entry to the Airport for civilians
A Junkers troop carrier
A Junkers 88 at the Airport
Pictures of German aircraft in Jersey are rare
Refuelling a Messerschmidt at the Airport (it has now been determined that this picture was almost certainly taken in Guernsey)
Shells left behind by the Germans
German troops arrive in a Junkers
Luftwaffe officers fly in
The only remaining German hangar
Troops arrive at the Airport
Attorney-General Duret Aubin with German officers
The swastika flies over Jersey Airport
A Junkers 51 at the Airport - this picture was almost certainly not taken during the Occupation but much later in the 20th century
A heavy landing during the war
The Airport terminal during the Occupation
A Messerschmidt

A German propaganda picture published by Illustrated London News in 1940, described as being taken in Jersey, but we think it is more likely to be Guernsey Airport