Re: Hurricane excavation early 1980's Belgium
From one of the posts on that site we have the following. The question needs to be asked - what was the final outcome here? It sounds to me as if the remains were quietly disposed of. A more thorough investigation of the site and wreckage might well have given rise to an identification in this case.
The Huldenberg Hurricane was excavated 25 years ago in the presence of a man of the Belgium Aviation Museum Brussels, on Saturday September 11th 1982 . According to local witnesses it had crashed somewhere around May 15th 1940. The engine and parts of the cockpit were found at a depth of about 5 metres, together with a few human remains of the pilot and a piece of parachute cloth, suggesting that the pilot had died behind the pilot stick and had crashed to his death.
When I asked the Belgium Aviation Museum Brussels (pieces of the Huldenberg Hurricane make part of their collection) whether a thourough report was ever made after the excavation, they could'nt answer my question. I strongly doubt whether a thorough official inquiry was made after the excavation of the plane to establish the pilots true identity or that of the plane and the Squadron it served with? I find this truly a pity and wonder where the pilots remains went.
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