If it’s genuine (it just looks too good to be true) it’s an amazing find..
By: whalebone - 23rd January 2009 at 16:37
from lostbombers.co.uk
“Serial Range MZ730 – MZ775. 47 Halifax Mk.111. Part of a batch of 360 HP61 Halifax Mk.B.111. MZ500-MZ544; Mz556- MZ604; MZ617-MZ660; MZ672-MZ717; MZ730-MZ775; Mz787-MZ831; MZ844- MZ883; MZ895-MZ939. Delivered by English Electric Co. (Salmesbury & Preston) between 4Jun44 and 22Jun44.
MZ759 was named ‘Wizard of Aus’ and since its delivery to No.158 Sqdn 16Jun44 had completed seventy-two operations. Airborne 0905 24Mar45 from Lissett. Shot down in flames over the target area. It is believed that all baled out but only three survived. W/O Yeoman, F/S Brown and Sgt Williams are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. W/O Hulme is buried in the Venray War Cemetery, Holland, having been brought here from the US Military Cemetery at Margraten. W/O E.Y.Yeoman KIA Sgt J.R.Williams KIA F/S J.E.D.Taylor Inj F/S J.Brown KIA W/O W.H.Hulme RAAF KIA F/S G.D.Lunn Inj F/O W.H.White Inj F/S G.D.Lunn, F/O W.H.White and F/S J.E.D.Taylor were confined in Hospital due injuries until Repatriation Apr45. No PoW Nos. “
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd January 2009 at 12:52
Halifax MZ759
Squadron 158
Code NP-Q
Operation Gladbeck
Date 24th March 1945
The aircraft had already passed Gladbeck when this picture was taken. The village underneath is Scholven. The motorway in the bottom right corner is the A52 which I use quite frequently.
Peter
By: peppermint_jam - 23rd January 2009 at 12:43
CD
Good call on the file name! Didn’t pay enough attention the first time i looked at it! Was distracted by the content of the photo!
By: Creaking Door - 23rd January 2009 at 12:38
Can I suggest 1944/1945 ‘Gladbeck’ (from the filename – with the recent GE comparison shot).
Is it a Lancaster…..looks like a Halifax to me?
Edit: Target – Gladbeck, Germany 24th march 1945. One Halifax was lost…..crew details anybody?
By: peppermint_jam - 23rd January 2009 at 12:22
Peter, when/where was the photo of the flaming lanc taken???
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd January 2009 at 11:31
I have spend plenty of time glaring at G-Earth….resolution is too low for most Russian forrests.
However, it is very useful for scanning small airstrips and such.
Oh, yes of course!:)
By: Mondariz - 23rd January 2009 at 08:56
Some folks even try to find some using Google-Earth.
Pete
I have spend plenty of time glaring at G-Earth….resolution is too low for most Russian forrests.
However, it is very useful for scanning small airstrips and such.
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd January 2009 at 08:37
It will not be the last.
The forrests of Russia are immense and the number of lost WWII aircraft is staggering.
immense + staggering = aircraft…..
Fanciful solution: glide across in a modern airship equipped with a metal detector…
Some folks even try to find some using Google-Earth.
Pete
By: Bruce - 23rd January 2009 at 07:39
Very, very few have been found in recent years. This was by far and away one of the best finds, notwithstanding the damage and the corrosion!
It was found in 1989/90
Bruce
By: Mondariz - 23rd January 2009 at 05:41
It will not be the last.
The forrests of Russia are immense and the number of lost WWII aircraft is staggering.
immense + staggering = aircraft…..
Fanciful solution: glide across in a modern airship equipped with a metal detector…
By: ian_ - 22nd January 2009 at 23:13
Found it, pinched it, spent it. in a badly quoted blackadder way.
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