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by Karacho
Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:51 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Short Stirling N 6046...crashsite located !Recklinghausen /
Replies: 42
Views: 31699

Re: Short Stirling N 6046...crashsite located !Recklinghause

Hi John, i have given a big box of Stirling-wreckparts to Ian by our meeting in Recklinghausen. These are wreckparts from the Stirling HA-U, lost 1943 near Vettelschoß / germany. This box with stirling-parts will donate to the stirling-association, hope that parts can help.... Ian will contact you t...
by Karacho
Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:24 am
Forum: General Section
Topic: Short Stirling N 6046...crashsite located !Recklinghausen /
Replies: 42
Views: 31699

Re: Short Stirling N 6046...crashsite located !Recklinghause

hello, tuesday, 1.7.2014 i met Ian, his father und misses Yardley in Recklinghausen / germany on crashsite. We visit the crashsite in the forest and searching more wreckparts from N6046 together . We have some nice hours together on crashsite, talking about the crash in 1941 and so on..... Here the ...
by Karacho
Mon Jun 16, 2014 4:07 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: loss of Stirling HA-U from 218. Sqd , 25.6.1943
Replies: 20
Views: 14372

Re: loss of Stirling HA-U from 218. Sqd , 25.6.1943

hello,
some new found wreckparts from HA-U from the last weeks...., june 2014.
by interest, some parts i will donate to the stirling-association.
I meet Ian in July in Recklinghausen and so i can give him the wreckparts from HA-U.....
greets
Karacho
by Karacho
Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:21 am
Forum: General Section
Topic: loss of Stirling HA-U from 218. Sqd , 25.6.1943
Replies: 20
Views: 14372

Re: loss of Stirling HA-U from 218. Sqd , 25.6.1943

hello,

part 3....
Pics from some wreckparts Stirling HA-U.
Karacho
by Karacho
Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:18 am
Forum: General Section
Topic: loss of Stirling HA-U from 218. Sqd , 25.6.1943
Replies: 20
Views: 14372

Re: loss of Stirling HA-U from 218. Sqd , 25.6.1943

hello,

part 2...

pics from the crashsite of HA-U.
Karacho
by Karacho
Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:16 am
Forum: General Section
Topic: loss of Stirling HA-U from 218. Sqd , 25.6.1943
Replies: 20
Views: 14372

Re: loss of Stirling HA-U from 218. Sqd , 25.6.1943

hello,

part 1....

here some german dokuments / Chronik-Vettelschoß ) about the crash from Stirling HA-U.

Also some pics from the crashsite near Vettelschoß und some wreckparts were found in 2011.
More wreckparts i will post when interest....
best regards
Karacho
by Karacho
Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:14 am
Forum: General Section
Topic: loss of Stirling HA-U from 218. Sqd , 25.6.1943
Replies: 20
Views: 14372

loss of Stirling HA-U from 218. Sqd , 25.6.1943

hello gentlemen, ca. 3 years ago i located a crashsite from a Short-Stirling in the area of Kalenborn / Vettelschoß in germany. i found informations and dokuments about this loss. On crashsite i found more than 400 wreckparts ( small and middle ) , dural-parts, plexiglas, pieces from cockpit, empty ...
by Karacho
Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:21 pm
Forum: General Section
Topic: Luftwafle Claims on Bomber Command Aircraft
Replies: 12
Views: 6571

Re: Luftwafle Claims on Bomber Command Aircraft

hello smudgersmith,

sorry, wrong data to my post from Stirling HA-U...
the right serial-no is EH 892 !! ....crashed near Kalenborn / germany. ( shot down by nightfighter Uffz. Hubatsch )
kind regards
Karacho
by Karacho
Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:14 am
Forum: General Section
Topic: Short Stirling N 6046...crashsite located !Recklinghausen /
Replies: 42
Views: 31699

Re: Short Stirling N 6046...crashsite located !Recklinghause

Hello James, i will send you the diameters from this peaces in next days. This weekend i will search again on this crashsite N 6046, because last time ( by found the crashsite ) i had just one hour to searching wreckparts with detector... want to find some more parts of this Stirling. greets Karacho...
by Karacho
Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:33 am
Forum: General Section
Topic: Luftwafle Claims on Bomber Command Aircraft
Replies: 12
Views: 6571

Re: Luftwafle Claims on Bomber Command Aircraft

Hello smudger, in the next days i will report to you about this Stirling ( HA-U ) . I have some german documents, wich explain the story of this loss, with eyewhitness-reports, etc.. Two crewmembers found one year after the crash in the forrest from people searching dural-parts from the crashplace.....