WW2 Aircraft crash sites

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Thought I would start this off, any sites anyone knows of a picture, location & info. Numerous sites North & South to seek out & put up here.
Heard about this one recently & was in the area earlier.
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I use his site a lot in Holland. They have just had to disable the google maps feauture which was good and I understand owner is trying to set up something independant.

World War II Allied Aircraft Crashes

World War II database of Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands, North Sea and English Channel with detailed data on the aircraft, crash, crew members and cemeteries.
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So if you can all give me the location of crash sites i will look up the info and add it to the map.
if you find on on google right click your mouse click the lat long to copy it and past in here.

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I will eventually put different coloured pins for sites that are accessible from the bike and one that need a hiking session too.
Maybe sometime in the future this will create a decent bike ride to a few at a time.
 
There's a B24 Liberator (42-50668) and a P47 Thunderbolt (42-22758) locally. In 1979 I cut a piston out of one of the Liberator engines but unfortunately lent it to someone long ago and never saw it again. :( I also have a piece of aluminium cowling from the Thunderbolt which I'm going to incorporate into an RC Scale model that I'm building.

These are the co-ordinates.

B24 N53 46 18.0 W2 08 00.6

P47 N53 51 W2 20 (approx)
 
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There's a B24 Liberator (42-50668) and a P47 Thunderbolt (42-22758) locally. In 1979 I cut a piston out of one of the Liberator engines but unfortunately lent it to someone long ago and never saw it again. :( I also have a piece of aluminium cowling from the Thunderbolt which I'm going to incorporate into an RC Scale model that I'm building.

These are the co-ordinates.

B24 N53 46 18.0 W2 08 00.6

P47 N53 51 W2 20 (approx)
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Aberdeen Blitz of 1940​

Almost forgotten Aberdeen Blitz of 1940. It was a bloody affair and shocked the city to the core.
Several dozen shipyard workers were killed and many more injured when the Luftwaffe bombed the city. The Neptune Bar was destroyed as was the School of Domestic Science in King Street. My grandfather a bus driver at the time recorded seeing bodies falling down in front of his bus, all being shot by a gunner on the plane, he parked his bus, got everyone off to a near by shelter, and remained there until they flew on by.
One of the bombers was shot down over the city by a Spitfire from the local Fighter Station. Four German graves from that fateful plane rest in Dyce Churchyard.

The official record of the episode reads:
"9./KG26 Heinkel He 111H-3. Sortied to attack Leuchars airfield with harbour installations at Broughty Ferry, Dundee, as alternate. Shot down by Yellow Section No. 603 Squadron (Pilot Officer J. R. Caister, Pilot Officer G. K. Gilroy and Sergeant I. K. Arber) over Aberdeen 1.10 p.m. Crashed and burned out at the skating rink in South Anderson Drive. (Ff) Lt Herbert Huck, (Bf) Gefr Georg Kerkhoff, (Bm) Uffz Paul Plischke and (Beo) Fw August Skokan all killed. Aircraft 1H+FT a write-off.
This crew was buried in Graves 155, 150, 149, and 152 in the Old Churchyard at Dyce on July 16, 1940."
  • This was my late mothers first and only pilot WW2 boyfriend and dancing partner, before she met my late father in 1942. The pilot who had shot the plane down over Anderson Drive area, Now a large housing scheme for many years. No plague or sign of that event takening place there.
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Thought I would start this off, any sites anyone knows of a picture, location & info. Numerous sites North & South to seek out & put up here.
Heard about this one recently & was in the area earlier.
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I presume you've seen the memorial at the viewing point above Lough Erne?
 
Yes, been up there a few times a lovely spot- this post will give me an excuse to re visit. There's also another memorial down in Castle Archdale, will have to stop by it too.
 
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