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Lancaster Nugget

Hello friends,
I want to show you a unique part, that I found at the crash place of Lancaster ND 425. It was a piece of mud with some shiny spots. After cleaning it looks like a silver nugget.
It’s a sign and memorial of a tragedy.

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By: Cantabrigian - 5th October 2018 at 21:47

Very interesting find. My wife’s grandfather was the flight engineer on ND425. His son, my father-in-law, was born a few months after they were shot down.

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By: airfield - 16th May 2018 at 15:38

I used to have apiece of molten aluminum from the crash site of an Airspeed Oxford, it was in a perfect heart shape. The aircraft crashed in South Aftrica and my father was in the recovery team, he brought it back with him at the end of the war.
Sadly it was lost some years ago, probably in a house move

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By: CeBro - 16th May 2018 at 10:16

Molten aluminium, must have been a fierce fire. I have found similar items at crashsites as well.
Cees

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