All,

I have been quite lucky in obtaining information through an article that a local Newspaper did on my Grandfathers Stirling coming down in Recklinghausen in the above date.

My grandfather was on a Stirling coming back from Berlin when they were attacked by nightfighters and finally brought down by flak. Now my grandfather said when he was alive that all the crew survived and became POWs and he got stuck in his parachute up a Pine tree. The local authorities and farmers had to cut him free from his chute.

Now the local few responses I got from eyewitnesses confirmed airmen were stuck up trees and the farmers had to get them down using ladders.
Also an eyewitness report gave details on one of the crew speaking to her when she was on her way to school, he was injured of which the engineer was! Amazing!

But what stands out for me is one eyewitness gave specific location to where the Stirling came down at the end of a road near a copse of trees.

This leads me onto my question, are there any research groups in the Reclinghausen area that undertake such projects and if I was to go would I need any permission to detect?

Plus its such a long time ago I would not know where to begin!!

Help needed!

Ian