• Special thanks

    special thanks

    A special thanks to the following people who made this project possible: – Victor Yansenne – Raymond Yansenne – Peter, Debby and  Joe and Kimberly Ferdinand – Community of Manhay, especially Pascal Daulne – Steven Volckaerts (member of Planehunters Belgium)…

  • Story

    Part 1: How it began

    On the 5th of june 2013 an email was dropped in my mailbox. In this email, Pascal Daulne, former alderman (now Mayor) of the Manhay community, said he has had a conversation with a landowner about a plane that had…

  • Story

    Part 2: Not a B-17

    After approximately 2 years we found something odd during our excavation: a piece of pressed wood, with the shape of a gear. Back home, we looked at all the pictures we had of the B-17 interior: we could not find…

  • Story

    Part 3: Giving up

    In October 2017, I run out of ideas. The months before we were presuming that Victor remembered the date wrong. So we expanded our search between the 17th of december 1944 till the beginning of january 1945. Myra already pulled…

  • Crew

    Henry G Maxham

    – Birthplace: Hartford, Vermont – ASN: 6130880 – Birthdate: 28th january 1912 – Position in plane: Tail gunner – Rank: S/ Sgt – KIA: december 25th 1944 – Burial: Henri Chapelle, Plot A Row 3 Grave 45 – Medals: Air Medal…

  • Crew

    Peter F Ferdinand

    – Birthplace: Drum, Pennsylvania, USA – ASN: 13128349 – Birthdate: aug 29 1924 – Position in plane: Radio operator – Rank: T/ Sgt – Returned home, passed away april 11th 1998 – Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Drums Pennsylvania – Medals: Distinguished Flying…

  • Crew

    Owen U Fox

    – Birthplace: Brookline, Pennsylvania, USA – ASN: 33689392 – Birthdate: 24 octobre 1924 – Position in plane: Right waist gunner – Rank: S/ Sgt – KIA: 25th december 1944 – Burial: Memorial Park Pleasant Hills, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA –…

  • B24,  The Plane

    The King Size story

    This is the story of the last mission of the King Size, flewn on Christmas day 1944. ***** Hethel Airbase, EnglandOn december 25th 1944, the crew of the King Size was assigned on a mission to Wahlen-Kall/ Germany. Their target…

  • raymond e price
    B24,  Crew

    Raymond E Price

    – Birthplace: Loraine, Texas, USA – ASN: 0-820820 – Birthdate: 1 June 1921 – Position in plane: Pilot – Rank: 1st Lt – KIA: december 25th 1944 – Burial: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Plot 5, Row 5, Grave 50 – Medals: Distinguished Flying Cross with 3…