Recent content by Giorgio Pietrobon

We are at the end of this very interesting search. Also a pair of comparisons : left the German DZUS , right the USA DZUS. A great THANKS to all the friend active consutants : mjfur , f for freddy , MiTasol. So long to other meetings ! Giorgio . 1943 . Treviso . Italia ...

Here a sure conclusion : Picture 1 >>> this dark green wreck is part of an engine cowl of the He 111 . Picture 2 >>> Different dimensions - diameter - between the USA and German DZUS fasteners. And quite unlaike inscription , only a number. Picture 3 >>> A detail : here a close view...

3rd Site : where landed a Heinkel 111 in the last hours of the 2nd W.W. , April 1945 , in route from Italy to Austria . Flight not authorised by Luftwaffe Commanders , spontaneous , with some Officiers without orders . All survived , many materials inboard. A story very mysterious... Place ...

Surprise ... Also the He 111's had a type of DZUS fasteners. Here 2 old pictures found in the net . So long . Giorgio

2nd Site > The aluminium cowl , sand color in the skin , found in the crash site of the B/24D Sandman , famous for the Ploesti Raid 1 August 1943 , shows many DZUS fasteners . All are signed with punched engravings so > DZUS . PATD . C . FA 6 1/2 . 55 . Diameter identical to...

Ciao to all . Thanks. After a break for health reasons here is what I discovered by studying the DZUS fasteners found in 3 different sites: - 1st Site : the B-24 USAAF green , unknown the BG & the Crew , sure 10 KIA. Lost on 19 December 1943 in the Livinallongo Valley , BL , Dolomiti area ...

Hi Friends of ww2aircraft.net . My old Witnesses and donors infortunately are all passed away. In two near but different grounds of the Dolomiti Mountains ( BL ) I am studying 2 crashes when fell a Liberator Bomber B-24D ( 19 December 1943 ) and a Heinkel 111 ( April 1945 ) , both dark green...

E per le Ricercatrici/Docenti & Ricercatori italiani : vedi allegati in lingua. Sempre sul "Sandman" , un mistero per 60 anni risolto grazie al dono di un relitto codicizzato. Ricostruzioni che interessano Studenti delle Superiori : # G.Pietrobon in Facebook > Istituto Tecnico Aeronautico...

The correct way to find the Sandman ' Story is following , sorry ! G.

Dear Catch 22 : Thanks for your interesting help. My little plate is made of copper, attempts to clean it risked breaking it. I dug it on the site where an unknown B-24 D crashed, 10 US Aviators all KIA but without names , bomber certainly belonging to either the 98th Bomb Group or the 376th...

Dear Friends: I ask for your help in identifying and interpreting a little plate found on the crash site of a Liberator bomber, lost on December 19, 1943, Arabba area, Italy. Small, folded, fragile and with fire marks, the only legible parts are: the number at the top: NO 42 - 11803, then ASS'Y...

As WWII Researcher about the Goldener Sonntag ' combat I am looking for the Pilot WALTER HAGENAH , JG 3 , claimer of a B-24 shot down on Sunday 19 December 1943. Mr Lukas Buringen : can you help me in this way ? I want a mailing or better mail address of him or his son. See , for better...