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List and details of recoveries by the BAHAAT Team

 

     

Messerschmitt Bf 110

Pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Altendorf
2. Staffel I./NJG 4
Bordfunker Wilfried Arndt
Wnr. 6150 - rompcode 3C+DK
Recovered on September 23, 2010

 

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6

Leutnant Paul Hönle
1./JG 3 "Udet"
"Weisse 10" (Werknummer 160683)
Shot down over Gottem, pilot KIA
Recovered on October 17, 2004

 

P-38 Lightning

2nd Lieutenant Robert S. Thompson 0-749115
38 Fighter Squadron, 55 Fighter Group
P-38J Lightning, serial 42-67520
code CG-K
Shot down over Stekene by Feldwebel Gerd Wiegand 4.Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26.
Recovered on September 26, 2004

 

Focke Wulf 190 D-9 (Dora)

9. Staffel Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz"
Crashed at Waasmunster on January 1, 1945
Pilot : Feldwebel Paul Drutschmann, baled out
Engine, cockpit, tail section, landing gear... recovered on August 29, 2004

 

B-17G Flying Fortress

43-37990
SO-G
384 Bomb Group, 547 Bomb Squadron
Tremelo, October 3, 1944 - March 2004

 

Spitfire BL423

Leffinge - 1 april 1943/ August 15, 2003
41/ 91 Squadrons

 

P-47 Thunderbolt

42-74631
56 Fighter Group, 62 Fighter Squadron
Etikhove, 1 december 1943 - July 20, 2003

 

Boeing B-17 G Flying Fortress

96 BG crash landed at Galmaarden on February 6, 1945
Tail recovered in summer of 2002

 

 


 

Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-4 Wnr. 4645

Nachtjagdgeschwader 4
Crashed at Akrenbos on August 10, 1943
Recovered on March 2, 2002

 

Hawker Hurricane N2492

Crashed at Vollezele on May 14, 1940
Recovered on November 4, 2001

 

Republic P-47D "Thunderbolt" 42-75216

56th FG, 61st Squadron
Crashed at Mariekerke on November 30, 1943
Recovered on July 21, 2001

 

Boeing B-17 G "Flying Fortress" 42-37949

452 BG (H) - 730th Squadron
Crashed at Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle on May 1, 1944
Recovered on July 14, 2001

 

Messerschmitt Bf 110 G4 - Werknr. 5379

5. Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
Crashed at Glimes at May 30, 1943
Recovered on March 3, 2001

 

 


 

Lancaster MkI HK620 LS-W

15 Sqn
Pilot: F/L James H Cowie RCAF
2nd pilot: F/L Alastair N L McQueen
F/E: Sgt John Malcolm
Nav: F/O Peter J Day
B/A: F/S George C Dickinson
W/op: Sgt Alan T. Dobson
Mu/Gnr: Sgt John Gregory
Mid-under/Gnr: F/S Maurice E Hathaway
R/Gnr: Sgt Joseph W Hall
Crashed at Wauthier-Braine, bois d'Hautmont
Parts, including oleo leg, recovered on October 28, 2000

 

Lancaster MkII LL652 JI-C

514 Sqn
Flight Lieutenant Lloyd Taylor RAAF - pilot
Sergeant Richard Gill - T/G
Flying Officer Frederik Brearly (Brea) Hill - MuG
Keith Thomas RAAF - B/A
Pilot Officer Stanley William Newman RAAF - W/O
Sergeant James Frederick Vincent - navigator
Sergeant Alan Roderick - F/O
Crashed at Schendelbeke-Moenebroek - May 28, 1944
Parts, including prop hub, recovered on December 5, 1999

 

Focke Wulf 190 A7/R6 WNr. 643704

10./JG 2 "Richthofen"
Leutnant Werner Lassen, KIA
Erquelinnes, route de Mons - April 10, 1944
Nose section with engine, and cowling recovered September 18, 1999

 

 


 

Lancaster W4234

57 Squadron
Pilot : P/O Ronald Bowles
Navigator : F/O Alexander Mulholland
W/O : Sgt Arthur Abraham
A/B : Sgt Maurice Pearman
MuG :Sgt John Drain
F/E : Sgt Cecil Stubbs RAAF
T/G : Sgt Roden Pickford RNZAF (Baled out - sole survivor, crew rests at Geraardsbergen)
St.-Maria-Lierde, Kakebeke, December 22, 1942
Parts recovered on September 11, 1999

 

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt D 42-22532, YF-N

2nd Lt Eugene W. Maben Jr., KIA
355 Fighter Group - 358 Squadron
Crashed at Croix-lez-Rouveroy, rue du Village, on October 18, 1943
Engine, nose section oleo leg and tail wheel assembly recovered March 20, 1999

 

Focke Wulf 190 A-4 Wn. 6795

10./Jagdgeschwader 54 (II./JG 26)
Ogefr. Heinrich Zenker, KIA
Pilot recoverd by BAHA, now buried at Lommel
Shot down over Veurne, Brikkerijstraat, June 13, 1943
Engine, nose and tail section, missing pilot recovered November 8, 1998
Pilot buried in February 1999 at Lommel

 

De Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI NS582

25th Bomb Group, 654th Squadron (Watton)
Pilot : Lieutenant George M. Brooks, KIA
Navigator : 2nd Lieutenant Richard C. Taylor, Baled out
Crashed Vladslo, October 25, 1944 -
Large parts of engines, superchargers, both landing gear etc. recovered August 13, 1998

 

 


 

North American P-51 "Mustang"

Unknown unit
Pilot KIA
Crashed at Overslag, Palingstraat, after September 1944
Large parts of engine, prop hub and blade recovered December 22, 1997

 

Halifax LW682 "OW-M"

426 RCAF Sqn
Pilot : P/O Wilbur B. Bentz
Crew of eight killed, three of them recovered by BAHA
Parts transported to Canada for restoration of Halifax in Trenton
Monument unveiled by BAHA, May 1999

 

Messerschmitt Bf 110 WNr.4492 'D5+AR'

7./NJG 3
Pilot : Oberleutnant Reinhold Eckardt, KIA
W/O : Feldwebel Frank, B/O
Crashed at Kampenhout, July 30, 1942
Both engines, oleo legs, armour plates, navigation instruments & papers of W/O recovered August 23, 1997

 

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb BM261

313 Squadron
Sergeant Karel Pavlík
Crashed at Kemmelberg, Lettingstraat, Dranouter
Pilot: Sergeant Karel Pavlík (Czech), KIA
Engine, armour plates, cockpit section recovered June 29, 1997
Monument unveiled on crash site

 

Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 N2600

145 Squadron Manston/Merville
Crashed at Pamel, Groenenboomgaardstraat, May 18, 1940
Pilot : Flying Officer Michael Allan Newling, b/o, escaped (KIA 1942)
Engine and cockpit & cross section recovered on February 22, 1997