Category Archives: USAAF Recovery

P-51 44-72245 ?

  The team in Holland found a P-51 Crash site, there is a chance that it could be serialnr. 44-72245. Flown by Captain James Stevens 401st FS 370th FG . This is still under investigation. Crash at Vierlingsbeek/ Holthees (Holland … Continue reading

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B-24 H 41-28611 ” Baby Shoes”

09/03/1944 Mission : Brandenburg bombing 8th AF 448 BG  /  712 BS Base Seething Airfield Crash : Poppel Belgium 41-28611-crew   Page of MACR Detection/ investigation  by Thijs Hellings. Parts found     Benny Ceulaers

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P-51 Mustang 2/Lt Kurth

P-51 Mustang 339th FG 03/03/1945 Oostmalle Belgium otis-arthur-kurth-339th-fg Special thanks to our friend/researcher Luc Cox    

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B-17 42-3130

B-17 F 42-3130 ” Nip and Tuck II” 92BG  331 BS 20/10/1943 Report by Joop Hendrix b-17-leunen Regards Benny

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P-51 K “Bloody but Unbowed”

P-51 K-10 44-12093 402nd FS  370 FG 9th Air Force 13/04/1945 Capt. Clark C. “Cush”  Fitts  onderzoeksverslag NR 29 Mustang Gierle See also this link   http://1drv.ms/1BMTq1c Special thanks to our friend and colleague Luc Cox     Some of … Continue reading

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B-17 “Parkers Madhouse” 43-37990

B-17  “Parker’s Madhouse” 384th BG 43-37990 Operation Wesseling,hit by Flak the plane crashed in to a farmhouse in Tremelo,all crew survived. Nothing found on the crash site,just 50. cal shells   Special thanks to Steven Volkaerts (photo’s and research)

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C-47 “Sugar Blues” 42-100897

C-47 “Sugar Blues” Photo Hans Den Brok Photo Hans Den Brok  Part of MACR (Planehunters collection)     75th Sqn USAAF 42-100879 Operation Market Garden Crashed at Rhoode close to Oud-Turnhout.   •Pilot:                             1st Lt R.A. Alexoff  KIA •Co Pilot:                    … Continue reading

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B-24 42-50364

B-24 466th BG 42-50364 1 crewmember KIA S/sgt Thomas Morrow  Part of the “Star Identifier” from the navigator (collection Planehunters) Magdeburg 7 Oct. 1944 (photo Planehunters)  Magdeburg 2004 (google earth) Parts found by Peter Celis Story in copyright,update will follow … Continue reading

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B-17 Patches

    Cunningham crew and ground crew in front of “Patches” B-17  305th BG 41-24564 Operation Schweinfurt Hit by Flak and Oberfeldwebel Adolf “Addie” Glunz JG26 and crashed in Testelt   After a co-worker of mine (Michel Truszkowski) started talking with … Continue reading

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