Good evening gents
Our organisation has recoverd a ME-110 last week in Assenede, East-Flanders Belgium.
We knew there was "something" in the ground in a farmers field after years of prospecting, research and deep scanning for any foreign objects. The scanner went totally nuts at one point and pointed out that there was someting at a depth of 6 meters
Eyewitnesses had seen an aircraft coming down in 1943. The crew were able to leave the aircraft uninjured by parachute before the plane hit the dirt.
In co-operation with the gouvernement we got a green light yesterday to see wat was in the ground. We are one of the sole organisations that have a permit under the Belgian law to excavate WW2 airplanes.The weather was fairly good so we had a go at it.
I would like to share the result of determination and patience of the BAHAAT crew.
The crash-site
Lots of bits and pieces
Oxigen bottles
20 mm cannons bended Mg 17
the other MG17
Well that's wat it looked like originally
2 Daimler Benz 601 engines as used in a ME110
Text on one of the oleostruts
Wheel and oleostrut of the main gear
Props
Hispano 20 mm canons
1 of the main gears and the tailwheelassemble
Notice the black painted part from one of the rudders or fin, Swastika?
One of the engines is severely damaged, could be an indication that one side of the plane hit the ground first. The other engine is in far better condition
Well it's dirty work but somebody's got do do it
There are lot of other artifacts but thats it for now. The parts wil be displayed in the For Freedommuseum, Knokke Belgium
www.forfreedommuseum.be (dutch only for the moment but take the virtual tour!)
www.bahaat.be for all other planes we have salvaged.
A little coverage from a local TV station
http://museumforfreedom.be/AVSjournaal.mpg
Dutch only (sorry guys)
Cheers
Stevo