Unknown type plate…

Cees,It never ceases to shock me how incredibly close Dutch are to Norwegian when it comes to the sound of many words… I don’t know a word of Dutch,but I could read that…:cool:

Well, you do now

Cees

It depends on a number of factors but it is highly probable that the route was not direct. ‘Dog-leg’ courses would be flown to avoid flak (as you say) but also to avoid giving away the target before the attack began. Earlier in the war crews were I believe, free to set their own route and timings, later the ‘bomber stream’ proper was developed.

Of course they could have been lost; bombers could be routinely tens-of-kilometres off track. Or they could have been pushed off track by the weather or by some technical malfunction.

Thanks for the answer. I do learn more everyday here. (only my English grammar is still poor, but I’m working on it… ;))

If a bomber broke up in mid-air at an operational height 15,000ft say, parts of the wreckage could easily come down several kilometres apart.

Hmm, this could be happend with this Wellington I think.

@RF769: Ik groet u! 😉

Question 1: Did they flew always straight to the target or had they a sort of flightplan (to avoid flak etc.)? Because the crashsite isn’t inline with Snaith and Bremen.

It depends on a number of factors but it is highly probable that the route was not direct. ‘Dog-leg’ courses would be flown to avoid flak (as you say) but also to avoid giving away the target before the attack began. Earlier in the war crews were I believe, free to set their own route and timings, later the ‘bomber stream’ proper was developed.

Of course they could have been lost; bombers could be routinely tens-of-kilometres off track. Or they could have been pushed off track by the weather or by some technical malfunction.

Question 2: Is it possible that they hit the Wellington by flak (it was shot down by flak), some pieces fell down on our spot and the rest of the Wellington fell down a couple of kilometers further?

If a bomber broke up in mid-air at an operational height 15,000ft say, parts of the wreckage could easily come down several kilometres apart.

Inderdaad, De Chester fabriek van Vickers Armstrong bouwde hoofdzakelijk Wellington bommenwerpers.

Sorry chaps

Cees

Cees,It never ceases to shock me how incredibly close Dutch are to Norwegian when it comes to the sound of many words… I don’t know a word of Dutch,but I could read that…:cool:

Question 1: Did they flew always straight to the target or had they a sort of flightplan (to avoid flak etc.)? Because the crashsite isn’t inline with Snaith and Bremen.

Question 2: Is it possible that they hit the Wellington by flak (it was shot down by flak), some pieces fell down on our spot and the rest of the Wellington fell down a couple of kilometers further?

I posted it on the API board. Hopefully they can tell me more about the plate. At Wikipedia I saw that the Wellington Mk. IV (if it’s a Wellington Mk IV ;)) were flown by 2 Polish Squadrons. We are going to scan the location a.s.a.p. with my new deepseeker and hopefully we will find some bigger parts in deeper ground. Be continued… 😀

@Cees: Leuk om ook een Nederlander hier op het forum tegen te komen! 😀

Inderdaad, De Chester fabriek van Vickers Armstrong bouwde hoofdzakelijk Wellington bommenwerpers.

Sorry chaps

Cees

SORRY

sorry there i ballsed up ,just posted the thread and realised you had VACH not VACB,
sorry about that ,my mistake half asleep in the morning .
looks like it is chester
sorry again

Plate

Hi, Just to let you know , Ive been a aiation archaeologist for some time now and i know from past experiance what VACB stands for you were nearly right:)
it stands for “VICKERS ARMSTRONG CASTLE BROMWICH”

they made mostly spitfires during ww2 but i believe other types too
but it was mainly a spitfire works ,
🙂 🙂

Thank you Peter and Denis, I have read a lot of threads already with pleasure!

There is a Wellington crashed between Amersfoort and Woudenberg (my grandfather saw it crashing and saw some remains/parts of the crew 😮 when he was watching what was happened), but that’s not the place we found. :confused:

Thanks for the link Denis, I bookmarked it! Tomorrow (today ;)) I will post it also overthere, beacause it’s a quarter past 2 here in Holland and my alarmclock shall try to wake me up in about 5 hours… :rolleyes:

One other option if no one can help, is to post this on the following URL..

http://www.iphpbb.com/board/fs-81805422nx79380.html

This is a specialist board where such details can be posted, Other very knowledgable people will certainly help you with your identification, by the way, your written English is very much better than any Dutch I could try and write:D ..Welcome to the forum D@nny!

Welcome to the forum Danny.

From the photo and your description it sounds like it is a mod plate from a vickers aircraft, possibly a vickers wellington bomber.