Aircraft Recoveries
This page provides an insight in the effort CRASH has put into aircraft recovery’s in the past years. These aircraft crashed in The Netherlands during WW2. You can download a list of all our recovery’s HERE (in Dutch).
Recovery
Recovery of a RAF Lancaster during May 2000. JB 659 of RAF no 97 squadron (OF-J) , was shot down by a German night fighter on the return flight from Berlin and during the crash smashed through a dutch farmhouse. The inhabitants all lost their lives. All 5 crew members went missing in action until 2000. After continuous efforts to initiate a recovery of the wreckage, the actual recovery of the plane took place and the 5 MIA crew were found and identified.
Recovery of a RAF Lancaster during May 2000. JB 659 of RAF no 97 squadron (OF-J) , was shot down by a German night fighter on the return flight from Berlin and during the crash smashed through a dutch farmhouse. The inhabitants all lost their lives. All 5 crew members went missing in action until 2000. After continuous efforts to initiate a recovery of the wreckage, the actual recovery of the plane took place and the 5 MIA crewmembers were found and identified.
A Bristol Hercules engine recovered from RAF Short Stirling BK 657, code LS-C, no. 15 squadron. The bomber was shot down by a german night fighter on 27 april 1943 near Portengen / prov. Utrecht.