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by Jean Kreunen
Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:06 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: A Wrecked Stirling .............
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Re: A Wrecked Stirling .............

The first two pictures are both from the salvage of the Short Stirling N 6045 U crashed 8-9-1941 in Hengelo Gld. (Bronckhorst) Captain Wallace-Tarry Navigator Richrad Pape who wrote the book Boldness be my friend about this crash and his escapes. Foto 1 is taken on the kai in Zutphen where the plane...
by Jean Kreunen
Wed Sep 13, 2017 6:11 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: A Wrecked Stirling .............
Replies: 9
Views: 9044

Re: A Wrecked Stirling .............

The fuselage in the crane is the Stirling N6045 U crashed in Holland 8 september 1941. Captured by the German luftwaffe and trasported for research to Utrecht.
by Jean Kreunen
Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:56 pm
Forum: Short Stirling Aircraft Database
Topic: Short Stirling N 6045 U Crash 8 september 1941 Holland
Replies: 1
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Short Stirling N 6045 U Crash 8 september 1941 Holland

Hello, I'm a militaria collector from Holland for over 40 years. As a boy of about 15 years old my grandfather gave me a picture of a part of a bomber in front of our house in the middle of the town. Later I started researching the history behind this picture and it is the fuselage of the Short Stir...