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I am investigating the crash of Halifax LW 583 / QO-L of 432 Sqdr. that happened the night of 9 May 1944 in Wevelgem. On another website I found a list of Halifaxes that were taken down that night: At the end of the list there is a reference to a Film. I assume that this is a reference to...

Hi, I’ve discovered after recent storms a German Continental tyre, which I believe may be from a downed Dornier 217. The markings are 4308944-2AS, BF47 1200x420 with the original (first) Continental logo. I think it may be from a DO217, but any other ideas? Is the tyre manufacture date 1943 or...

My cousins grandfather flew aboard a ww2 american Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber nicknamed "The O-Bitch-u-airy Mary". I recall that it was shot down over France and he survived but most of his crew, dear friends of his, did not. There was a photo hanging in his house of the plane and the...

Hi everyone, My name is Marius from Roumania. This week I found about where a plane crashed in WW2. I was at the site, and I found a lot of debris, but no identifiable. I also found someone a few pieces that were found at the crash site with many years ago. My request to you is if you can...

A Hawker Hunter performing at the Shoreham (sic) air show has crashed onto a loaded highway-A27 seven reported dead

Hi, A friend of my found a propellor blade in the Netherlands. I did some searching and the text on it is Czech. I did some more research and it looks like its coming from AVIA propellor (V20). I also searched what planes crashed there in WW2, A Vickers Wellington MK X crashed around there...

Belgrade, 14th March 2015 On Friday evening a great tragedy occurred in the vicinity of Belgrade international airport when military helicopter Mi-17 crashed with seven people on board. The helicopter was one of two aircraft of this type belonging to 890th Squadron from Batajnica airbase and...

Vickers Wellington from: 01.08.1942 No.25 OTU Operational Training Unit Wellington IC DV439 F/LtWelch Location: Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Netherlands. (also more story and pictures) Mission: Düsseldorf, Germany Date: 1st August 1942 Unit: No. 25 OTU (Operational Training Unit)...

RAF Museum handed over Spitfire in 'ill-conceived' deal for WWII aircraft it may never receive. Museum bosses admit they 'paid' a salvage team a Spitfire worth £200,000 to recover an aircraft found intact in the Sahara Desert 70 years after it crashed. A valuable Spitfire has been lost to the...

There are aircraft wrecks from WW2 everywhere here in the Netherlands. Many have been found, but an estimated number of 1000 wrecks are still somewhere burried u der the soil. Occasionally some pop up. Last week I was driving with my wife over the dyke of the river Lek when I suddenly saw a...