The mystery of the Junkers Ju-390 in Uruguay at end WWII

[leuen]

A strange story about one of the Junkers Ju-390:

Only two prototype aircraft were ever built and even that is vigorously disputed with heated passions by both sides. Such was the long range capability of the Ju-390 that it quickly found itself in demand for specialist missions. In February 1944 the Ju-390 was taken over by the ultrasecretive Kampf Geschwader 200 (KG200) unit. The fate of the second prototype is shrouded in mystery and remains at the heart of many conspiracy theories.

Classified intelligence reports from Argentina and Poland which only recently come to light, now suggest the second Ju-390 was flown to a jungle airstrip in Entre Rios province Argentina in May 1945 and was then broken up on a German owned ranch in Uruguay with parts dumped into the Rio Pirana, near Paysandu. The likely location for a jungle or bush airstrip appears to have been in the upper eaches of the Rio Pirana between Uruguay and Argentina, possibly around Concordia.

According to several 1945 claims, a six engined, or multi engined German transport plane arrived at a private aerodrome at Puntas de Gualeguay in Argentina, 195 km north of Buenos Aires where it unloaded a bell device and some passengers. The "Bell" was a purported top secret Nazi scientific technological device, secret weapon, or "Wunderwaffe".

One report alluding to this was an Argentine Economic Ministry report whichwas only declassified in 1993. the report referred to a Bell device being unloaded. Prior to declassification of Polish archives in 1998 there was no public knowledge of the Nazi Bell device.

Polnish investigations then refers to previously classified report by a Polish diplomat who witnessed a Junker 390 being dismantled in May 1945 at an airfield on a German ranch along a road east from Paysandu city towards Rivera, near the village of"19 de Abril" in Paysandu Province, Uruguay. Local folklore has it that parts of the aircraft were cut up and dumped in the Rio Uruguay.

The aircraft's arrival is also quoted in Abel Basti's 2004 tourist guide to "Barriloche Nazi."

Three independent sources corroborated each other about a Ju-390 flight from Silesia to Bodo, Norway. Two further reports independently corroborate the arrival of this aircraft in Argentina and/or Uruguay in May 1945. All five cross corroborate each other that the Ju-390 evacuated a bell device from the war in Europe.


Anyway, the mystery persists but is interesting enough to imagine this here:

[huub vink]

Germany in May 1945 was low on everything, including food. I think they just flew there to get a nice Argentinian steak .

You can't see the sign on the other side which says: Pablo's steak & Wiener Schnitzel house.....

Cheers,
Huub

[Bjoern]

At first, I was intrigued, but the mention of the "Bell" had me laughing out loud. If you're in for a bit of silliness, read up on Nazi UFOs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Glocke_(hoax)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_UFOs

[gaucho_59]

A strange story about one of the Junkers Ju-390:

Only two prototype aircraft were ever built and even that is vigorously disputed with heated passions by both sides. Such was the long range capability of the Ju-390 that it quickly found itself in demand for specialist missions. In February 1944 the Ju-390 was taken over by the ultrasecretive Kampf Geschwader 200 (KG200) unit. The fate of the second prototype is shrouded in mystery and remains at the heart of many conspiracy theories.

Classified intelligence reports from Argentina and Poland which only recently come to light, now suggest the second Ju-390 was flown to a jungle airstrip in Entre Rios province Argentina in May 1945 and was then broken up on a German owned ranch in Uruguay with parts dumped into the Rio Pirana, near Paysandu. The likely location for a jungle or bush airstrip appears to have been in the upper eaches of the Rio Pirana between Uruguay and Argentina, possibly around Concordia.

According to several 1945 claims, a six engined, or multi engined German transport plane arrived at a private aerodrome at Puntas de Gualeguay in Argentina, 195 km north of Buenos Aires where it unloaded a bell device and some passengers. The "Bell" was a purported top secret Nazi scientific technological device, secret weapon, or "Wunderwaffe".

One report alluding to this was an Argentine Economic Ministry report whichwas only declassified in 1993. the report referred to a Bell device being unloaded. Prior to declassification of Polish archives in 1998 there was no public knowledge of the Nazi Bell device.

Polnish investigations then refers to previously classified report by a Polish diplomat who witnessed a Junker 390 being dismantled in May 1945 at an airfield on a German ranch along a road east from Paysandu city towards Rivera, near the village of"19 de Abril" in Paysandu Province, Uruguay. Local folklore has it that parts of the aircraft were cut up and dumped in the Rio Uruguay.

The aircraft's arrival is also quoted in Abel Basti's 2004 tourist guide to "Barriloche Nazi."

Three independent sources corroborated each other about a Ju-390 flight from Silesia to Bodo, Norway. Two further reports independently corroborate the arrival of this aircraft in Argentina and/or Uruguay in May 1945. All five cross corroborate each other that the Ju-390 evacuated a bell device from the war in Europe.


Anyway, the mystery persists but is interesting enough to imagine this here:

I am originally from Uruguay where I lived and went to school until college. There is no River Pirana…. The Parana River flows between Paraguay and Argentina.... and flows to the
Cuenca del Plata (River Plate Estuary) NEVER touching Uruguayan soil!! Furthermore... nowhere near Paysandú (Western Uruguay) Paysandú in on the shores of the Uruguay River that
separated Argentina from Uruguay.... Too many errors here...which would make the story perhaps someone's fancy with little knowledge of local geography....
Not very likely that such a large aircraft could have landed in any local strip... with relatively short strips suitable for nothing more than a DC-3....
without noticeable disturbance of the air space... I remember during WW2 that even though Uruguay was neutral... we had practice blackouts... (I was only 7 in 1943)
In any event... after more than 23 years as a US Army officer... I can attest to the fact that in the US there are always leaks in secrets... Just think about it in my
old home country... no one ever keeps their mouth shut... In 1972 I went on a classified mission to Cambodia... an Nurse friend in Thailand asked me what I was doing
there... I said "can't talk about it...classified".... by the time I returned to Hawaii... and still could not talk about it.... she sent a letter laughing out loud..
"so much for your classified mission... " and enclosed a civilian newspaper cutting commenting about it... Suffice it to say... that about a month later, the Commander
in Hawaii called me into his office and told me.... Capt. E... you can now tell your wife and friends where your were...the mission has been declassified.. (lol)
Believe me... there are no space aliens in Area 51 in Nevada at Nellis…. if there ever were any.... it would have leaked out long time ago...
yet folks still fantasize about alien craft (UFOs) ….

Gaucho_59