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Bf 109 found 20ft under
From http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=62314
----------------------------------------------------------------------- might be old but they've found a Bf109 buried 20ft under the ground. http://fanaviation.free.fr/acceuil/...ck06/index.html Transalation below: ---- The body of a pilot found in France (05/04/2006) Its plane, Messerschmitt 109, was six meters under ground HAZEBROUCK the body of the pilot of a German plane of the Second World war was found Tuesday with six meters under ground, in the medium of the remains of its apparatus, close to Hazebrouck, in the north of France. "the plane, Messerschmitt 109, underwent an enormous impact and is completely dislocated, but the parts were protected from corrosion by clay. What is particularly moving, it is that the pilot who was with the device controls finds at the same place "and started to be exhumed, declared Yves Maner, director of a Center of history and memory. "the apparatus was tiny room in crumbs, but the metal of the parts is still brilliant", it added. The excavations, organized by Air France, aimed at finding the body of Jan Plesman, the son of the founder of the airline company KLM Dutchwoman, cut down in the area into 1944 with the orders of a plane of the Royal British Air Force. "a data in the files and testimonys made us think that one had located his apparatus under the ground", according to M. Maner, which ensures however to have "other tracks" to find the Dutch pilot. The body of the German pilot should be buried with the German military cemetery of Andilly (Is) except if it were clearly identified and that its family could be found, specified M. Maner. The most interesting parts of the apparatus should be cleaned and preserved. ---- |
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Re: Bf 109 found 20ft under: Identity?
Does anyone know if they have identified the pilot, date and unit of this aircraft?
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Re: Bf 109 found 20ft under
Is not this the same pilot that was subject of an edwest post on July 25th. with an answer by FrankieS. If so the pilot was Uffz. Horst Seemann of 9/JG 1 shot down on 4.9.1943.
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