Baltimore V FW 608crashed 26 april 1945 Anguillara Veneta

[JG53_Volto]

Hi all,
last saturday,Romagna Air Finders,began the excavation of a 15 sqdn SAAF baltimore,crashed in Anguillara Veneta (Po area).
the presence of a 250lbs bomb,stopped the digging prematurely,but we were able to recover humain remains from the crew, a lot of airframe pieces & the compass too.
We were honoured by the presence of MArk Mathias,Maj.Pil. Walter Mathias nephew.
Friday,maybe,we will continue with the excavation,if the artificers will neutralize the bomb(s)
I would like to thanks Mr Stefaan Bouwer for his support, the Mathias,the field owner,the eyewitness and all the volunteers partecipated to excavation.

Alessandro

Baltimore FW 608 crew:
Maj W M P Mathias SAAF B flight commander KIA
Capt D L Gould SAAF chuted,but killed by allied artillery 26 april
Lt A L Tennant SAAF survived
Lt F Bullard SAAF* KIA

[dp_burke]

Have the South African authorities and the CWGC so they can deal with the remains you found?

Perhaps it would be more senseitive to have the remains identified before you make public statements about who they might be, so that his family might be contacted.

[JG53_Volto]

This is the 25th excavation and we recovet 12 pilots..
We are in contact with italian & south african autorithies, obviously.

[dp_burke]

I was just checking Allesandro! Good wotk.

[JG53_Volto]

Thanks!
I hope we can finish the excavationa as soon as possible,but italian bureaucracy is so slooooow...still waiting for the artificiers.
Ciao

[JG53_Volto]

Originally Posted by JG53_Volto

Baltimore FW 412 crew:
Maj W M P Mathias SAAF B flight commander KIA
Capt D L Gould SAAF chuted,but killed by allied artillery 26 april
Lt A L Tennant SAAF survived
Lt F Bullard SAAF* KIA

Errata corrige: the Baltimore was FW 412 not FW 608,as written in previous post.