B-17 crash landing near Raversijde

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B-17 crash landing near Raversijde

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Post by jopaerya » 30 Dec 2019, 11:11

Two Ebay photo's of a B-17 that made after a crash landing on the front garden of the Atlantikwall on 21-02-1944
at Raversijde in Belgium, I think a little bit later, the beach was full with anti landing obstacles ??

https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery ... erke-1944/
http://aircrewremembered.com/skoubo-ralph.html

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Re: B-17 crash landing near Raversijde

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Post by JKernwerk » 30 Dec 2019, 22:46

First thing i looked for the date in your post.
You would expect the beach to be full of obstacles.
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Re: B-17 crash landing near Raversijde

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Post by TiesG » 31 Dec 2019, 09:20

Somewhere from 1943 or later, looking at the M43 Feldmütze.

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Re: B-17 crash landing near Raversijde

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Post by Jens Andersen » 31 Dec 2019, 10:35

First thing i looked for the date in your post.
You would expect the beach to be full of obstacles.
One thing is what you would expect, another thing is what the evidence says ...
The date would seem to be very well documented in the links.

Jens

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Re: B-17 crash landing near Raversijde

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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 31 Dec 2019, 10:50

Yes Jens! Both given links state the date for the crash landing being 21st February 1944, so why the guesswork?

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Re: B-17 crash landing near Raversijde

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Post by moonraker » 31 Dec 2019, 13:31

hello,
it seems like the beach little covered with an obstacle. but maybe pierrot could give us the info ?
I think the date is not to be doubted.

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Re: B-17 crash landing near Raversijde

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Post by v60pih » 31 Dec 2019, 13:47

The ebay pictures and more are also here: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6000

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