Seaeagle Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 A Danish farmer and his son have uncovered the remains of a crashed Messerschmitt Bf 109 and its pilot in Northern Jutland, Denmark. http://cphpost.dk/news/school-project-leads-to-sensational-find-of-german-wwii-aircraft-in-jutland.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldsmack Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Hopefully the remains can help identify the pilot and give him a proper burial, so there is one less family with an MIA. As for the aircraft, no info on the condition of it?, would be great if it could be restored or scavenged for some parts for another restoration. Windows 10 Pro 64, I5 4690k @4.6GHz with CAPTIAN 240EX AOI, Samsung 850 EVO ,G Skill Ripjaws 16G RAM, Nvidia GTX 970 STRIX, MSI Z97 GAMING 5, WD Blue 1TB HDD, Seasonic M12 II EVO psu, Track IR 5, Pro Flight X-55 Rhino H.O.T.A.S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaeagle Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) Hopefully the remains can help identify the pilot and give him a proper burial, so there is one less family with an MIA. As for the aircraft, no info on the condition of it?, would be great if it could be restored or scavenged for some parts for another restoration. They recovered some documents in bits of clothing which could help to identifying the pilot. However, a WWII enthusiast who runs a historical website recording all known aircraft crashes(allied and axis) on danish soil, claims he already knows(or has very strong indication) who the pilot was and that it should concern this entry: http://www.flensted.eu.com/g1944142.shtml According to him, this is the only crash in the region for which the exact location was unknown, while all other have been accounted for. The crash site was a bog at the time of the war, which probably explains why the Germans were unable to recover the remains of the pilot and aircraft. Also it must have been a rather violent crash(pretty much nose-down impact), since the aircraft was found buried 5-7 meters into the ground. So there isn't much left of it - so far the largest part recovered is the engine block. Edited March 8, 2017 by Seaeagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaeagle Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 They recovered some documents in bits of clothing which could help to identifying the pilot. However, a WWII enthusiast who runs a historical website recording all known aircraft crashes(allied and axis) on danish soil, claims he already knows(or has very strong indication) who the pilot was and that it should concern this entry: http://www.flensted.eu.com/g1944142.shtml The pilot has now been identified by the documents found in the wreck, but it turns out that it wasn't the one in the above link after all. Since all other have been accounted for, it could be that he has already had an official burial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaeagle Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Identity released: http://cphpost.dk/news/dead-wwii-german-pilot-identified.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Nineteen ! What a life he could have had, always makes me sad. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaeagle Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 Nineteen ! What a life he could have had, always makes me sad. Indeed. Mind you, the average age of soldiers in WWII probably wasn't much higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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