Hello, my name is Max, I am a member of the search group from Italy. We recently discovered the remains of a German aircraft Heinkel He-111 that apparently crash-landed in the Alps in April 1945 in late days of WWII. Could anyone of you tell me what piece this is? The material is heavy, like...
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I live west of Cologne in Germany. My dad found a tire in the woods a long time ago that is said to be from a US shootdown.
I'm also a private pilot, but this is too specific.
Here P38s have been shot down, but it could also be another plane.
It was 1944 or 1945. Düren is very close by...
Hi everybody, I’m excited to be a part of this forum. This is actually my first post 🤩!
I’ve got a question!
Does anybody know at what speed a WW2-fighterplane is going down, after it was hit?
And how long (minutes/seconds) would it take till it reached the ground and crashed?
A rare TBM-3Q Avenger crash site on Oahu Hawaii continues to be of interest to authorities and the public. The TBM Avenger crash site has changed dramatically over the years, but significant artifacts remain at the site and much can still be learned from it. The TBM-3Q played a brief, but...
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A friend has been spending a lot of time over the past three years researching a military plane wreck in Victoria, Australia, and has uncovered a large number of massive anomalies that make it 99.9% positive that the identification of both the aircraft...
We lost one of our volunteer guides yesterday in a car accident.
89 years old, and he was driving home from a helicopter flying lesson when the crash occurred.
Country's oldest helicopter flying student dies in car crash in Marlborough | Stuff.co.nz
Hi,
I am a WWII researcher in my town Mol-Belgium. I am working on a story about a Lancaster crash in Mol.
A few months after the crash someone found a turret with gunner in a field. Someone else told me that he took some parts from the turret.
Can someone help me to identify the parts...
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My subject is a Meteor F.3, s/n EE311, flown in Canada by the RCAF from Apr. '46 - Jun.'46 before crash landing into a lake.
I would like to thank those who offered advice, comments or just popped in...
I'm looking for any information of Halifax MKII JN- 910 Airborne 1759 14Sep43 from Tempsford on Operation Flat 22, heading for a DZ code-named Kufer 208. While homebound, drop complete, shot down by Kriegs Marine Flak, crashing in the Baltic off Rugenwalde. Those killed are commemorated on the...
:cry: Looks like there's been a Thunder Mustang crash in San Antonio.
Smoking plane goes down in Government Canyon - San Antonio Express-News
One dead in single engine plane crash on Northwest Side - KABB - San Antonio Top Stories - News, Sports, Weather, Traffic
I am trying to locate a good old friend. He ha sent me mail, but the Colonies have a bloody habit of Not putting return addresses on envelopes. He lived at Hendre Hall, the Hendre across the street from the golf course. I believe he moved to the opposite corner. His name is Donald, Mable is his...
I saw this in the LA Times today.
Firefighters engulfed in flames after DC-6 crash
Posted By: Scott Harrison
Posted On: 12:13 a.m. | November 14, 2014
Feb. 8, 1976: Firefighters working to rescue three crew members from a crashed DC-6 cockpit on a golf course near Van Nuys...
Virgin 'ignored' space safety warnings: expert - Yahoo News
"Carolynne Campbell, a rocket propulsion expert with the Netherlands-based International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, said she could not speculate on the cause of Friday's crash without "all the data."
However...
Just a reminder... For those interested...
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I saw a video clip a while ago of what I recall being a P-51 having a close call coming out of a dive or loop. He pulled up such that the belly/tail drags or almost drags on the runway but he missed hitting the prop and was able to climb out and make his landing. I wish I would...