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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: tassos on November 22, 2009, 05:38:03 AM
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Hi all his week was very Mysterious in the forest near my home there was army and police Activity,Finlay I found out what it was,they found in the Forest parts of a B17g reg NR. 44-6599 and they search for Victims.
Possible shot down 22 Feb 1945 by a fighter.
On this date only 1 shot down was reported 27 km away from where they found the parts it was aka "Ole smoke" reg NR.42-31262 1KIA 9 pow
The town is 73479 Ellwangen near church schoenenberg.
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Sweet! Any pictures from the local media there? Amazing they are still finding these aircraft after this long of time. <S> to the crew
DuHasst
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Yeah if you could post some pics, or a link to a news website with pics would be appreciated.
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Yeah if you could post some pics, or a link to a news website with pics would be appreciated.
+1 would love to see some pics or news coverage of this
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Update:
Yesterday a Redcross vehicle drove to the Forest
I spoke with 1 US Soldier whos watching the scene Day and Night
you cant enter the Area till they found all Victim
Yesterday they found 2 of the crew
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Update:
Yesterday a Redcross vehicle drove to the Forest
I spoke with 1 US Soldier whos watching the scene Day and Night
you cant enter the Area till they found all Victim
Yesterday they found 2 of the crew
On this date only 1 shot down was reported 27 km away from where they found the parts it was aka "Ole smoke" reg NR.42-31262 1KIA 9 pow
Something doesn't jive. Found the remains of 2 crew but only one was KIA.
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i lived near Ellwangen in Aalen in the late '90, incredible found, imagine that this B17 was there for 65 years not seen by anyone.
The Parts are really from Reg Nr. 44-6599?
I found an interesting text on a forum regarding this B17, could it be this plane flew that far with auto pilot?:
"I've made searches about this plane and what i could tell you is that all crew except Sgt sibray became POW. The plane was hit by flak over target and all crew bailed out (following orders of pilot) except tail gunner who had problems with his radio. Plane continued to fly for more about an hour with auto-pilot. When Ch. Sibray discovered that he was alone, he decided (after 10 minutes) to bail out too. But he was over allied lines (east of France) and he was recovered by local authorities then US troops. He could come back to his unit. He wrote me his entire history few years before.
I've got Macr 12661 but i don't think Ellwangen (Germany) is the right place. When Sibray, last crew man in the plane decided to bail out, he was over France. February 1945, France was liberated except Colmar and other german pocket ... He wrote that he could see plane continue on.
I know some plane could fly in circle when engines stop one after one but i couldn't believe a plane wich fly south-west could suddenly fly nort-east to go back in Germany. That's why i believe the B17 44-6599 crashed in France but where ???
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1. 31262 (390th BG, 568th BS) lost Mar 16, 1944. MACR 3181
2. 42-31262 Assigned: 8th AF / 3rd AD / 13th CBW / 390th BG / 568th BS (Square-J) (BI * ) - (Framlingham AAF)
MIA: 16 March 1944 (MACR 3181) – SOC
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3. 1945/02/22 B-17 NR.44-6599 BG486/BS833 GERMANY Macr 12661
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All will be revealed in due time. This is an interesting story.