3 graves unknown RAF members Sittard

[RodM]

Hi Marcel,

see post 19...

The CWGC took "ownership" of the graves after the British Air Ministry investigation.

What the Air Ministry established at Sittard was K.6 contained "3 Unknown British Airmen", all obviously buried in one grave at the same time, but with no record of where the remains were recovered from.

Cheers

Rod

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello Rod,

Thank you very much for this major leap forward ! When I wrote posting #20 I had not seen your posting #19, so our postings crossed eachother I guess.

If I summarize all the known data and findings, than we can say that there is NO hard evidence that the remains in K6 came from ME321, but as
1) Lancaster ME321 is the only bomber with unidenfified human remains which crashed on 1-1-1945,
2) American troups took human remains from the crash location to another place but NOT to any of the American War Cemetaries at Margraten or Henri Chapelle
3) grave K6 at Sittard-Ophoven is a collective grave for 3 unknown RAF-men who died on 1-1-1945
it seems that the Americans took the human remains found at the crash location of Lancaster Me321 to the most nearby British War Cemetary which was at Sittard.

This guys proves the power of the TOCH: exchange of thoughts, information and analysis strengths ! Many, many thanks and compliments to all of you!

Best regards, Marcel