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Re: P-47 crash-site in the Netherlands

Posted by Paul Patist on Fri Nov 22, 2002 04:52:56 PM

In reply top P-47 crash-site in the Netherlands posted by Harm Jan Strating on Fri Nov 22, 2002 01:17:42 PM

: Hi all,
:
: in his book Duel in de Wolken (Duel in the clouds) the wri
: ter Ron Putz mentions the crash of a P-47D in Mechelen in
: the Dutch province of Limburg. The aircraft was 42-26465 a
: nd belonged to the 506th FS/404 FG and was flown bij 1Lt.
: C. Winters who was killed in the crash.
:
: The writer states that parts of the wreckage can still be
: found in an inaccesable part of the forest where it came d
: own. Anyone any clue to what these remains may consist of?
:
: Cees?
:
: Harm-Jan Strating


Harm-Jan,

You might ask Ron himself via his website www.yankee44.tk


Gr

Paul

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