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…
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…
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…
Part 4: Finding the King Size
November 23rd 2017: We had a couple of discussions on the facebookgroup, invited more people in, renewed the contact with Planehunters Belgium, and Myra advised to contact and invite English Aviation Expert David Pratt. And so the group expanded in…
Part 5: The Last Dig
Almost the whole team was complete during the weekend of 23 march. Also present was David Pratt from England. And Peter, his sister Debby with her husband Joe. A complete filmcrew, including dronepilots, who would cover the whole weekend. We…