karel
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Near from the city Zaluzi u Mostu in Czech Republic is a petrochemical factory.
21.VII. 1944 a group of 362 B-17 bombers aimed to Czech with a plan to destroy that factory. Part of the group had to change the plan due a bad weather over the Alps so only rest of them, 143 bombers continued to finish that mission. When over the target they had been welcomed with heavy fire of Flak 88 artillery. Total 4 bombers had been shot down. As regard 'my' hitted bomber crew - 8 members overlived, 2 perished ( commander Lt. Cunningham and navigator F/O Milburn) in the dropped bomber. After the crash 2 of eights had been murdered by local Germans and one later died in a hospital. Today so 1km from the place where B-17 crashed is a little memorial to remember that incident.
I visited a place in Krusne mountain so just couple of kilometres from the factory this summer. There should be a spot as had been told me by one of my friends where rests, debris of the B-17G 42-97531 I decided to find. After two hours of walking with detector to and fro I had to contact my friend calling a cell phone for close a more precise info to help me to find the spot. Finally the right a long expected signal stroke the F75's coil.
I visited that spot twice and hunted full bucket of B-17G artefacts. For someone just debris for me a rare war relicts. I'd appreciate a close info (a factory marking) at the parts I've found.
21.VII. 1944 a group of 362 B-17 bombers aimed to Czech with a plan to destroy that factory. Part of the group had to change the plan due a bad weather over the Alps so only rest of them, 143 bombers continued to finish that mission. When over the target they had been welcomed with heavy fire of Flak 88 artillery. Total 4 bombers had been shot down. As regard 'my' hitted bomber crew - 8 members overlived, 2 perished ( commander Lt. Cunningham and navigator F/O Milburn) in the dropped bomber. After the crash 2 of eights had been murdered by local Germans and one later died in a hospital. Today so 1km from the place where B-17 crashed is a little memorial to remember that incident.
I visited a place in Krusne mountain so just couple of kilometres from the factory this summer. There should be a spot as had been told me by one of my friends where rests, debris of the B-17G 42-97531 I decided to find. After two hours of walking with detector to and fro I had to contact my friend calling a cell phone for close a more precise info to help me to find the spot. Finally the right a long expected signal stroke the F75's coil.
I visited that spot twice and hunted full bucket of B-17G artefacts. For someone just debris for me a rare war relicts. I'd appreciate a close info (a factory marking) at the parts I've found.
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