B-24 "King Size"

The Lost B-24 of La Fosse

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  • The Story
    • Part 1: How it began
    • Part 2: Not a B-17
    • Part 3: Giving up
    • Part 4: Finding the King Size
    • Part 5: The Last Dig
  • B24
    • The King Size story
    • That day on december 25th 1944 part 1
    • That day on december 25th 1944 part 2
    • Crashsite
    • Documents
    • Findings
    • The March Findings
  • Crew
    • Raymond E Price
    • Edward J. O’Rourke
    • John R Tiedemann
    • Leon S Liscomb
    • Walter Eberly
    • Peter F Ferdinand
    • Robert James Ball
    • Owen U Fox
    • Henry G Maxham
  • Wahlen
    • Wahlen: the other side of the story
  • Monument
    • Inauguration of the new King Size monument
    • Creating the monument
    • Revealing the monument
  • Documentary
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    • The Team
    • special thanks
  • Media
    • Article in the Manhay magazine
    • Inauguration monument TV Lux
    • Article in Vlan.be
    • On television with TvLux
    • Article in La Meuse
    • Article in the Standard Speaker – Hazelton Pennsylvania
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  • Home
  • The Story
    • Part 1: How it began
    • Part 2: Not a B-17
    • Part 3: Giving up
    • Part 4: Finding the King Size
    • Part 5: The Last Dig
  • B24
    • The King Size story
    • That day on december 25th 1944 part 1
    • That day on december 25th 1944 part 2
    • Crashsite
    • Documents
    • Findings
    • The March Findings
  • Crew
    • Raymond E Price
    • Edward J. O’Rourke
    • John R Tiedemann
    • Leon S Liscomb
    • Walter Eberly
    • Peter F Ferdinand
    • Robert James Ball
    • Owen U Fox
    • Henry G Maxham
  • Wahlen
    • Wahlen: the other side of the story
  • Monument
    • Inauguration of the new King Size monument
    • Creating the monument
    • Revealing the monument
  • Documentary
  • About
    • Contact
    • The Team
    • special thanks
  • Media
    • Article in the Manhay magazine
    • Inauguration monument TV Lux
    • Article in Vlan.be
    • On television with TvLux
    • Article in La Meuse
    • Article in the Standard Speaker – Hazelton Pennsylvania
  • Links
  • B24

    Meeting with the Jolly Duck researchers

    The King Size and it’s crew is not the only B-24 that has ever been researched. For years I have been following Maarten Havinga and his team while they were researching The Jolly Duck, a B-24 which crashed near Zoetermeer/…

    By Bob
  • Media

    Article about the documentary

    Joey van Meesen’s documentary “The Ghost plane of La Fosse” got attention in the US newpaper “The Standard Speaker: (Pennsylvania) on 25 January 2022.

    By Bob
  • B24,  Monument,  News

    Inauguration of the new King Size monument

    It was a misty and hazy Sunday. With a small group we started the commemoration around 11.45hrs. We also had a Livestream for those who could not attend. Just like the other years our commeoration was in two languages, with…

    By Bob
  • B24 King Size If only that tree could talk
    B24,  documentary

    Documentary

    The Ghost Plane of La Fosse On 24 december 2021 Joey van Meesen‘s long awaited documentary of the Ghost plane of La Fosse was published on the Snafu Doc Youtube channel. We have choosen to make the film visible and…

    By Bob
  • Media

    Inauguration monument TV Lux

    Many thanks to TvLux and Nicholas Lefèvre ! If the video is not playing: please follow this link:

    By Bob
  • B24,  Findings,  manhay history 44 museum

    Opening MHM44 museum in Grandmenil

    On september 30th 2018 the Manhay History 44 Museum was opened. Owner and currator Patrice Dalrue, together with his wife Maggie and his mother, spent months and months working to get the job done . And finally it was there: the…

    By Bob
  • B24,  Monument,  News

    Inauguration monument King Size

    On december 29th, at 10.00 hrs the monument for the KIng Size will be revealed.At this moment we are making preparations, together with landowner Victor Yansenne.The daughter of Peter Ferdinand as well as a daughter of one of the best…

    By Bob
  • B24,  Media,  News

    Article in Vlan.be

    Vlan.be/ 18 april 2018

    By Bob
  • B24,  Documents,  The Plane

    Documents

    Under Construction

    By Bob
  • Media,  News

    On television with TvLux

    Direct link: https://www.tvlux.be/video/info/lafosse-des-fouilles-sur-les-lieux-du-crash-d-un-avion-us_28771.html Many thanks to TvLux and Nicholas Lefèvre

    By Bob
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