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Old 16th March 2018, 11:48
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Re: USAAF 511th Fighter Squadron P-47's crashsites Belgium

I do have "Thundermonsters over Europe", but not much in it about the pilots and/or P-47's that I search for. So if you ever find pictures of the P-47 with the serialnumbers and/or the pilots stated in the beginning of this thread, I would be very glad to hear from you!
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Old 17th March 2018, 23:26
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Re: USAAF 511th Fighter Squadron P-47's crashsites Belgium

Can't find anything on the collision in the copies of the 511FS history I have.

Rickert joined in Aug 44 as a 2nd Lt and became a 1st Lt in Feb 45.

Palmer joined in March 45 and his first mission was on the 12th March 45 in K4-C.

No collision or deaths recorded in March 45 or of a collision 14th Match 45?? Non combat anyway?

Rickert definitely was at the unit in April 45 - claiming 3 ground victories on 16th April.

No more listings for Palmer.

Palmer is buried in the USA

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Bit more.
http://usafunithistory.com/PDF/0500/...GHTER%20SQ.pdf
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Old 18th March 2018, 23:25
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Re: USAAF 511th Fighter Squadron P-47's crashsites Belgium

Because it was not a combat accident, it was not recorded, I suppose either. Thank you Mr. Sheppard for this additional info.

When you look in the accident list, at the end of:
http://usafunithistory.com/PDF/0500/...GHTER%20SQ.pdf
for date 45-03-14, the two aircraft of Palmer and Rickert are listed. But location FRA (France) is not correct. The gridcode: K 5474 can be transferred into GPS-coordinates with the https://www.echodelta.net/mbs/eng-translator.php

First step: 1/ select the "Nord de Guerre grid"

Second step: 2/ fill in "vK5474"

Third step: push Convert!

The location found is near the crash location.
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Old 20th March 2018, 17:06
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Re: USAAF 511th Fighter Squadron P-47's crashsites Belgium

Hereby pictures of the last resting place of pilot Eugene Franklin Palmer at the Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C. Section 34 grave No. 2581. R.I.P.
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Old 15th January 2022, 16:57
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Re: USAAF 511th Fighter Squadron P-47's crashsites Belgium

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Hereby pictures of the last resting place of pilot Eugene Franklin Palmer at the Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C. Section 34 grave No. 2581. R.I.P.
Hello
Members of my Plane Hunters Recovery team found the 2 crash sites in Belgium, they are about 300 meters from each other
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