B-24 "King Size"

The Lost B-24 of La Fosse

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    • 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
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    • The King Size story
    • That day on december 25th 1944 part 1
    • That day on december 25th 1944 part 2
    • Crashsite
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    • 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
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    • special thanks
  • Media
    • Article in the Manhay magazine
    • Inauguration monument TV Lux
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    • 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
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  • B24,  Documents,  The Plane

    Documents

    Under Construction

    By Bob
  • B24,  Crash site,  The Plane

    Crashsite

    Below are some aerial pictures of the crash site, some with index.

    By Bob
  • Findings,  The Plane

    Findings

    Below you can see some of the findings we excavated over the past few years.

    By Bob
  • B24,  The Plane

    That day on december 25th 1944 part 1

    (article by David Pratt) Just to add some additional context to what happened on that fateful 25th December 1944, I thought I’d tell you about the other USAAF bomber aircraft that went down during the bitter air fighting over this…

    By Bob
  • B24,  The Plane

    That day on december 25th 1944 part 2

    (article by David Pratt) As many of us now know, The Battle of The Bulge was at its height on the 25/12/12 and the Allies believed the Luftwaffe were a spent force. To the Allies total surprise, the Luftwaffe launched…

    By Bob
  • 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…

    By Bob

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