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Re: Now i'm confused

Posted by Lars Larsson on Mon Nov 26, 2001 12:50:30 PM

In reply top Now i'm confused posted by Tony on Mon Nov 26, 2001 12:34:36 PM

Yepp, two different aircraft.
Resno on the island or Orland should be Resmo on the island of ?land.
Will give you full details on these two birds when I get home from work in two hours or something...
//Lars Larsson

: Ok, so the references are as follows.....
: This from http://hem.passagen.se/jtm/dyk/vrak.htm
:
: B-17 Flygplan 1944-05-08 N57,09,6
: O16,32,2 Runn? Bombplan. N?dlandade under WW2. Positionen
: ?r en h?rs?gen och ej kontrollerad
:
: However, WRG says this.
: http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/registry/b17registry/
: b17-423008.html
:
: Serial #: 42-3008
: Construction #: 7944
: Civ. Registration: None
: Model: B-17F
: Name: None
: Status: Abandoned
: Last info: 1993
: History:
: Ditched into lake, Poeskallavik, Sweden, May. 8, 1944.
: Located intact, 1993.
: - Recovery planned
:
: Stragglers..http://user.tninet.se/~vwu458u/ says this....
:
: Hugh Meggs (205.188.199.37) skrev klockan 06:29 den 18/05
: 2000:
: We landed on the island of Orland 6 August l944
: near the church at Resno.
: We were interned at Mulsjo .
:
: Now, looking at the maps, there is a lake 10km NNW of the
: P-village.. but there is also coast as well, is orland off
: to the East?
:
: Or are we talking about 2 different aircraft?
:
: Tony
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