Recent content by Sirkreu

Hello, thanks. Know that forum and indeed a lot of pictures (never went trough all)... 353 pages... Was hoping somebody could give me some direction where to find them ;)

In 2012 there were unique photos from Operation Bodenplatte German airplane crashsites for sale on Ebay. Those photos originated from a scrapbook of Cpl. Howard R. Dow from the 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion (EAB), who were at that time stationed at the Y-32 advanced landing ground in Ophoven...

Hello Jan, Maybe one of these two is your case? 16 January 1945 365th Fighter Group did a “fighter sweep” in WORMS area. 1 a/c P-47D-30, 44-20602: during dogfight with e/a, pilot called over r/t that he was hit and his voice sounded as though he personally was hit. Not defenite as to whether hit...

For two USAAF P-47 crashsite researchs in Belgium we are currently looking for pictures of the concerned aircraft and it’s pilots. Both pilots operated with 405th Fighter Group, 511th Fighter Squadron and they took off on 14-03-1945 for the last time from the Y-32 Advanced Landing Ground...

Dag Jorn, Interesting parts found! I'm Kris, and live in Belgium (en Limburger). For years I'm doing research of the airfields Y-29, Y-32 and the Bodenplatte crashsites. My dad made the stone monument situated in the Woods at the former runway of Y-29 (for the council of Zutendaal). Greetings

Hello all, An important factor (together with others) for the defeat of the Luftwaffe in the airbattle above Y-29/Y-32, and the luck for the Americans on Y-29 is the fact that the Luftwaffe probably had mistaken about which airfields to attack. I will explain. First of all Y-32 and Y-29 were...