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Re: Manchester bits 'n' pieces ?

Posted by MM on Fri Oct 12, 2001 05:31:15 PM

In reply top Re: Manchester bits 'n' pieces ? posted by Cees Broere on Fri Oct 12, 2001 09:26:51 AM

Thanks for that Cees.

Yes I agree that it seems that they are still regarded as missing having Failed To Return, but I do know that many of them are well known crash sites on the continent, and have been for many years.

I would love to see your list Cees, especially for rare or extinct stuff like RAF Mustangs, and the Manchester and Whirlwind of course!
Do you know of other similar lists for other areas of Europe?

Cheers
Mick


:
: Ok, here it is:
:
: Whirlwind P7122 crashed near Beverwijk as stated on 27th o
: f may 1942 at 10:59 in the evening. It was based at Matlas
: ke with 137 squadron.
: Victor Binghams book (yes, I have that one too) mentions t
: hat it went missing on that date with the pilot Brennan mi
: ssing. The thing is that many aircraft which went missing
: were only noted that they failed to return while often the
: location of the crash was unknown. On our side of the cha
: nnel those "missing" aicraft are not missing at all and ar
: e listed. Our own list contains about 1450 crashes in the
: nortwestern part of Holland alone. Bomber Command Losses h
: as had great help from Dutch researcher Hans de Haan regar
: ding Dutch crashsites. Unfortunately many Brits think a ce
: rtain aircraft is still missing while we over here know ex
: actly where the aircraft came down.
:
: Cees

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