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  • in reply to: Unknown aircraft on picture #1259536
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    Thanks !

    I believe not it is a Dewoitine. Look at the tail and the form of the wing !
    Too different between this fighter and this type of bomber….

    in reply to: Important: Need picture of RAF dogtag #1278768
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    Hi David, hi all,

    because of the bad weather her, we will recover the rest of the aircraft and may be more human remains of the crew, next year. Presumable in January or February 2007. We will wait for a cold period, because the crash site is wet moorland and the digger can not to sink into the ground.

    The archaeological national office have or will contact the british embassy in Berlin. We think the same british officers from the salvage of the Gloster Meteor (Pilot James Mason) in Sülfeld/Germany, will be visit the salvage and receive the human remains.

    Thats the news up to date…

    Regards

    Nils

    in reply to: Important: Need picture of RAF dogtag #1283083
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    Thanks for the postings and pictures !

    Here now the badges and watch form crash site.
    Were pilots allowed to carry eyeglasses ? I have also found a melted glassed, anyhow I think it…

    in reply to: Important: Need picture of RAF dogtag #1283288
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    Thanks Bruce!

    I think it is possible to find out the crew member who have receive this watch, than it must me registered…

    in reply to: Important: Need picture of RAF dogtag #1284993
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    Today I have found, among other things, a watch with the following engraving:

    AM
    6B/159
    1980/42

    I think this is the ID-Number of the crew member with the date of entry into the RAF.
    It is correct ?

    Tomorrow, on Montag, we contacting the british embassy in Berlin about the research and found of the human remains and the Halifax.

    Regards

    Nils

    in reply to: Important: Need picture of RAF dogtag #1285950
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    An interesting thought…

    Similarly as the german dogtags, but the german dogtags are in one part with two half site. In the middle is a little line to break the dogtag when a soldier was died. One half was for the unit and office, the other half remained on the corpse, a notice for the following soldiers as sign – he was always registered.

    But why was then the british dogtags in two different forms and material ?
    The german tags was made of high-grade steel (tank-troops, airforce, and other), aluminium (at the first time of the war) and later of zinc.

    in reply to: Important: Need picture of RAF dogtag #1286116
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    Thats great David !

    Thanks for the details !

    in reply to: Important: Need picture of RAF dogtag #1286132
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    Thanks for this notice !
    Can you tell me the dimensions of the tags?

    The archaeological national office send me on Monday some people for searching and saving more human remains. The british embassy in Berlin will be contacted also on Monday.

    in reply to: Important: Need picture of RAF dogtag #1286327
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    @Linzee

    Thanks for your notice, but this is not my first crash site and I do my work only with the permission and the contact of relevant authorities 😉

    Tomorrow I must search of more human remains. I must also stop the date to salvage the located signs of bombs or engine on Monday, before the archaeological national office can send people to help for supervise this work and saved the possible remains.

    I do my research of crash aircrafts sice ten years with the highest respect of all the airmens, otherwise I cannot do this work. You can be sure that I do this “job” in honours of them. I have hope in the meantime this are known here…

    @ David

    Thanks for the pictures ! What mean the different dogtags ? What mean the round, and what the angularly from ?

    in reply to: Unknown signs on Halifax tail unit #1286894
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    Ok, than must I wait what we can recover on Monday.
    Thanks for the notice Eddie 😉

    in reply to: Unknown signs on Halifax tail unit #1286924
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    Hi Eddie,

    thanks for your great work 🙂
    What type of Halifax used this triangular fins?

    On Thursday the explosive ordnance disposal have found 50 firebombs. A lot of other signals was located, may be explosive bombs and the engines of this aircraft.
    On Monday next week we will recovered the located signals.
    I hope we can recovered the engines to find out more about the Halifax and the crew.
    In my blog http://spurensuchesh.blogspot.com/ you can find a little report in german.

    More about this salvage on Monday !

    On interest are the signs on the tails. What does this sign means ? Every reference about it are important.

    in reply to: Unknown electrical component of Halifx Bomber #1289260
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    Thanks Mark !

    in reply to: Need help for identify control panel and gauge #1295219
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    I think we have a internal problem here to send messages and mails…
    I also cannot send you a message.
    Please use my mail account: [email]spurensuchesh@gmx.de[/email]

    in reply to: Need help for identify control panel and gauge #1295714
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    that´s nice 🙂

    …but where can I buy it ? Do you have a source ?

    in reply to: Need help for identify control panel and gauge #1295922
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    Wow 🙂

    That´s great !
    Here I have two more Parts with REF.No. : 5c/430 and 6A/0.388.
    May be you can help again ? Do you have a list of the REF.-numbers, or a link to a website about it ?

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