Article in La Meuse
Article in the La Meuse newspaper. Click to enlarge
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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
– 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…
