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Originally Posted by Jock Auld
Guys,
There is a farm near where I live that I buy my eggs from and the old girl in there in her late 80s (still working, bless her) told me about a downed German night fighter that landed in the neighbours field (she promptly marched me over to the neighbour for a full intro and description), the pilot survived and was taken to a military hospital (Celle) with a broken leg. There is nothing left of the crash site as a cow shed was built over it. Sadly the generation that knew about it in any detail have passed, my enquiry is what is the minimum amount of info I need to find to try and trace this crash? I am going back to try and find dates and any pictures if they were taken but I don't want to be rude either as not everyone shares our passion for history, particularly over here. She also informed me of a downed US 4 engine bomber nearby and one of the two survivers landed on her doorstep but he was taken to Belsen which was the nearest KGL/KZ. I would like to chase him up as well but one at a time I think, it is a few Ks further and I haver yet to meet with the landowners as such I have no idea if they would be helpful in this regard.
Cheers for any direction.
Jock  |
Hi Jock !
It's not impossible, but dates of the events and daytimes would help. In case of 4-engined bomber (obviously U.S.) I don't think , that the surviving crew was very long hold at Belsen, since the Luftwaffe was responsible for everything which came from the sky. I'm very sure that the crew was transported to the Luftwaffe Interrogation Center Oberursel for interrogation tasks.
Find out the dates of the events, and everything will be cleared pretty soon.
borsto