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Peter
Van Lune's B17 "Eight Ball" Crash Site
e-mail
lunetic@wxs.nl
This
is a Diorama built by Peter that was on show at the "2000 Years Of Brummen"
exhibition.
(Made
from a Airfix B17)
(click
on any picture for full size version)
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This
was The B17 303BG from the 359 Sqn, serial 42-97781 code 0-BN.
On
Nov 2nd 1944 this B17 "Eight Ball" takes part on an air raid
on the synthetic oil installations in Starkrade Germany.
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Badly hit by
flak the crew decides to jump on the way back. Only one does not survive
the jump, the others spend the rest of the war in captivity
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B17 flies on and makes a near perfect belly landing near Brummen,
Holland. Partly intact the Germans gather the weapons and ammunition.
After they disappear the townsfolk gather whatever is usable and also
make jewelry from the coloured glass. |
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After
the war the wreckage is cleared. Two pictures exist and were the basis
for the diorama made for the exhibition of "2000 Years of Brummen" |
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