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    #31
    Very interesting. What is impressive at crach sites is how virtualy every piece found is bent, dmaged, etc, showing the violence of the impact.

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      #32
      Originally posted by behblc View Post
      where are the crew buried ?
      Do you know if it was long after the crash that the crew were recovered ?
      I do not know, I was hoping somebody could tell me. Maybee additional information could be found here, that site is running by a british guy living in autria, so his site about plane-crashes in austria is in german and english:

      www.bullock.at

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        #33
        Fantastic Find (!)

        Thanks for Sharing with all of us - your wonderful Adventure to the site
        of the B-24 Crash.

        Photos are outstanding - and makes me feel like I was along with you!

        Great History! .......... Dave/dblmed

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          #34
          What an expedition! True living history! Thanks for sharing!

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            #35
            Enveable trip! Thanks for posting this thread Patrick!
            Daniele

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              #36
              Hi Patrick!

              That air plain investigation was VERY interesting. Nice pictures too!
              This is so much more exiting then "sofa collections"
              Please track down more plains, vehicles, bunkers etc. from your area.
              As you see we are many that are reading your blog and admiring your work!!!
              We cannot all be there so you have to be our eyes, ears and legs...

              I do hope you return with a new blog from the alps soon.

              All the best from Norway
              Jotuntroll

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                #37
                Thanks for all your kind comments so far. Today I had time to clean and sort some small interesting items. I could identify most of them, but could use some help on others.

                Here is an overview:
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                  #38
                  Crew-related remains: Press-studs (inscription "lift" still readable), parachute-harness parts, buckles and clips, remains of oxygen-mask (center):
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                    #39
                    Cal. 50 MG-belt and 2 bullets - no cartridges to be found, they were all blown in pieces during the fire caused by the impact. At right 2 pieces of melted alloy. Strangely the wooden-something in the foreground survived:
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                      #40
                      Right: handgrip (weapon?). Did anybody have a clue about the square metal-piece in the center? We found hundreds of those.
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                        #41
                        Last for today: a bent something with factory-number:
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                          #42
                          Very interesting photos. Looks like one of the Luftwaffe pilots on the memorial is Willi Unger. I wonder if that is the same Unger of Sturmgruppe fame, and future RKT?

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                            #43
                            Very interesting pictures. Bravo.

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by VtwinVince View Post
                              Very interesting photos. Looks like one of the Luftwaffe pilots on the memorial is Willi Unger. I wonder if that is the same Unger of Sturmgruppe fame, and future RKT?
                              That's him

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                                #45
                                Great thread and beautiful countryside, I'm sure the tough climb up was worth it once you got to view the wreckage around the crash site. Are the dead airmen in a nearby cemetary?

                                Mark

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