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Old 25th July 2006, 19:37
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Missing pilot buried - article

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Re: Missing pilot buried - article

Hi Ed !

And here we have more:
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=151699
Luftwaffe pilot and BF 109 discovered in France

" Hi guys,here's what I saw this morning on official french press display.
Hazebrouck (North of France) 2006 april 4th
The body of a Luftwaffe pilot has been discovered 6 metres under ground, still
in his BF 109 wreck.
The plane has endured a deep impact and was totally destroyed but part of it
has been protected from corrosion by clay. Most of it metal parts are still
shining.
This ME 109 was discovered while the French company Air France was
searching for a Dutch R.A.F pilot, Jan Plesman, shot down and crashed in this
area in 1944.
The pilot will have his final resting place in the Andilly (Meurthe et Moselle)
German military cemetery, unless he will be identified and family found.
The most interesting parts of the plane shall be cleaned and conserved.

The research for the Dutch pilot (son of the founder of the Dutch air company
KLM) will continue.

HAZEBROUCK (Nord), 4 avr 2006 (AFP) - Le corps du pilote d'un avion
allemand de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale a été retrouvé mardi à six mètres
sous terre, au milieu des pièces de son appareil, près de Hazebrouck (Nord),
a constaté un journaliste de l'AFP.
"L'avion, un Messerschmitt 109, a subi un impact énorme et est totalement
disloqué, mais les pièces ont été protégées de la corrosion par l'argile. Ce qui
est particulièrement émouvant, c'est que le pilote qui était aux commandes de
l'appareil, se trouve au même endroit" et a commencé à être exhumé, a
déclaré Yves Le Maner, directeur de La Coupole, Centre d'histoire et de
mémoire du Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

"L'appareil a été réduit en miettes, mais le métal des pièces est encore
brillant", a-t-il ajouté.

Les fouilles, organisées par Air France, visaient à retrouver le corps de Jan
Plesman, le fils du fondateur de la compagnie aérienne néerlandaise KLM,
abattu dans la région en 1944 alors qu'il pilotait un avion de la Royal Air Force
britannique.

"Une série d'informations dans les archives et des témoignages nous faisaient
penser qu'on avait localisé son appareil sous le sol", selon M. Le Maner, qui
assure toutefois disposer d'"autres pistes" pour retrouver le pilote néerlandais.


Le corps du pilote allemand devrait être inhumé au cimetière militaire
allemand d'Andilly (Meurthe-et-Moselle), sauf s'il était clairement identifié et
que sa famille pouvait être retrouvée, a précisé M. Le Maner. Les pièces les
plus intéressantes de l'appareil devraient être nettoyées et conservées.


"E Mombeek was aware of this find and was able to identify the pilot: Uffz. Horst
Seemann, 9./JG 1, and reported missing on 4.9.1943 in St.Omer-Dunkirk.
Glad to know that he will find a right place to rest."
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Thank you for the additional information. It is incredible, after all this time. I agree, he will finally be put to rest properly.



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