http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/25706968/__Bijna_1100_oorlogsvliegers_nog_in_grond__.html
A joint research by SGLO and NOS has revealed there are still 1085 missing aircrew of both sides of the conflict still thought to be located on Dutch soil. 501 locations have been identified which are thought to have a fair chance of still holding human remains, although more than half are in inland waters such as the IJsselmeer and Waddenzee. Research was done in the run-up to national remembrance day here in the Netherlands on May 4th. It is sobering to see just how many airborne combatants are still waiting to be recovered in such a small country…
By: ericmunk - 3rd May 2016 at 07:45
New link, with an interactive map showing all locations of missing aircraft in the Netherlands: http://nos.nl/artikel/2102603-welke-oorlogsvliegers-worden-in-uw-omgeving-nog-vermist.html
By: ericmunk - 3rd May 2016 at 07:43
[QUOTE=CeBro;2309696](Eric?)
That would have been the 109E they found while looking for a missing Hudson crew in 2012, Cees?
Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JhcFM7XD4Y
I don’t know where it went. Policy with any recovered wreckage is to allocate it if possible to local non-profit organizations for display if possible. If not, it goes into storage at the BIDKL’s home base. Parts tend to find their way into restoration projects by museums around Europe in exchange deals. If no suitable home is found, remains are scrapped to prevent them from ending up on commercial markets.
I think I’ll meet the gentleman responisble for the 2012 operation next month and will ask him.
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd May 2016 at 21:20
Quite!
By: CeBro - 2nd May 2016 at 13:10
A few years ago a 109E was recovered by the RNethAF from the IJsselmeer which came done during the May 1940-campaign. So a very historic airframe for
our nation’s history and very worthy to have been put on display at the National museum. A wing and part of the fuselage was recovered. With grinders they removed the “dangerous”
weapons and since then the remains have vanished. If anyone knows more (Eric?) that would be great but I fear the worst.
Cees
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd May 2016 at 11:49
Are the authorities still scrapping these aircraft wrecks after they are recovered, Cees?
Some fantastic stuff has gone to the smelters in quite recent years. It seems a disgrace when, after any of the crew’s remains are removed they can’t be saved.
Anon.
By: D1566 - 2nd May 2016 at 08:14
And a great job you are all doing, Thankyou 🙂
By: CeBro - 2nd May 2016 at 06:58
Well, we are still working on it, having indentified three previously unknown aircraft in the IJsselmeer in the past few years.
Four new sites will hopefully be investigated this coming summer.
Cees
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