B17 shot down near Pieniê¿no in north of Poland

[Robcio]

Hello. Please help in solving the two hypotheses, which will help to identify the plane wreckage of the American or British production. Place the collapse of a region about 15 km north of Pieniê¿no (Poland). It was shot down by Luftwaffe plane
The first hypothesis: according to witness, it was B17, whose were taken to mills (those 50 years.) The witness remembered that the plane had 4 engines and a large white star on the wing.</SPAN></SPAN>
However, elements that were found on the site can not be identified with B17. Photos are part of the link: http://www.forum.eksploracja.pl/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=13316&start=0
Propably they were planes that have made the bombing of Gdynia, Gdansk, Malbork
Link: http://www.390th.org/bulletin/winter...marienburg.htm

The second version: it was a Lancaster aircraft which participated in the raid on Königsberg.
Link: http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/aug44.html
26/27 August 1944
174 Lancasters of No 5 Group is the Köln? NIGSBERG, Which was an important supply port for the German Eastern Front. The route to the target was 950 miles from the No 5 Group bases. Photographic Reconnaissance Showed That the bombing fell in the eastern part of the town but no report is available from the target, now Kaliningrad in Lithuania. 4 Lancasters lost.
(...)
29/30 August 1944
189 Lancasters of No 5 Group Carried out one of the most successful No 5 Group attacks of the war on Simply? NIGSBERG at extreme range. Only 480 tons of bombs could be Carried Because of the range of the target but Severe damage was caused around the four separate aiming points selected. This success was despite Achieved a 20 minute delay in opening the attack Because of the presence of low cloud, the bombing force waited Patiently, using up precious fuel, until the marker aircraft found a break in the clouds and the Master Bomber, Wing Commander J Woodroffe, probably No. 5 Group's most skilled Master Bomber, allowed the attack to commence. Bomber Command Estimated That 41 per cent of all the housing and 20 per cent of all the industry in Kænigsberg were destroyed. There was a heavy fighter Opposition over the target and 15 Lancasters, 7.9 per cent of the force, were lost. (...)"
At that time, were engaged in combat squadrons raided 5NJG



Regards Robert</SPAN></SPAN>