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Danish boy finds remains of German Messerschmitt in a field

8 March 2017

When Klaus Kristiansen tried to bring his son's history homework to life, he probably wasn't expecting the boy to unearth a buried World War Two warplane.

 

Or for excited TV crews, forensic police and explosives experts to descend on his family's farm in Birkelse, Denmark.

 

But that's exactly what happened when 14-year-old Daniel Rom Kristiansen found the remains of a German Messerschmitt plane, and its pilot, in an unremarkable field.

 

According to Mr Kristiansen, his grandfather once told him that a plane had crashed there in November 1944.

 

Father and son joined forces with a metal detector, but never expected to find anything.

Mr Kristiansen, an agricultural worker, believed the wreckage had been removed years before. But then, a telltale beeping on a patch of boggy ground.

 

The pair began digging, but realised they needed to go deeper. They borrowed an excavator from a neighbour, and around four to six metres down, the plane's carcass began to reveal itself. Their haul included an engine from the ME 109 Messerschmitt plane, Luftwaffe munitions, and the bones of a crew member who died in the crash.

 

"In the first moment it was not a plane," Mr Kristiansen told the BBC. "It was maybe 2,000 - 5,000 pieces of a plane. And we found a motor... then suddenly we found parts of bones, and parts from [the pilot's] clothes.

 

"And then we found some personal things - books, a wallet with money... Either it was a little Bible or it was Mein Kampf - a book in his pocket. We didn't touch it, we just put it in some bags. A museum is now taking care of it. I think there's a lot of information in those papers."

Realising they had found something extraordinary, the farmer contacted World War Two historians and the Danish authorities.

 

Mr Kristiansen said the field was being used "for grass, or cattle".

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39196106?ref=yfp

[Jesse C.]

Mitchel's Raiders on the USS Hornet.  Note that the forward firing guns have been removed to save weight.

 

Did you mean "Doolittle Raiders"?

 

[Jesse C.]

Getting ready to go to work..

 

[MikeRL411]

Did you mean "Doolittle Raiders"?

 

Yes, apologies for memory lapse.  I met General Doolittle at Wright Patterson AFB while attending some dull mandatory briefing.  We students were consigned to a non descript barracks while General Dolittle was housed in the almost VIP quarters adjacent.  Thank God for outdoor BBQ pits!  The normal VOQ dining hall was closed for maintenance, so it was do it yourself or go to the high priced Officer's Club No increase  in the already\t pitiful per diem allowance I might say.  Did I mention that Wright Patterson AFB is completely dominated by civilian employees?  Even full bull Coloners have to wait at the airport for the bus to the base! .I met the General while I was going to the wash room to rid myself of all the blood from the deer that a resident student was "obliged" by his wife to "get rid of that before I return from visiting my family."  The deer liver was exceptional!  After 2 days of high priced OClub meals almost all my class met every night for cook outs!

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German Junkers Ju52 transport plane used on official government business. A bomb was planted on such a plane in an attempt to kill Hitler, but it failed to go off.

 

 

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The very large and totally extinct six engine Messerschmitt ME323. Just two survived the war, but none left now.

 

Most were shot down over the Mediterranean Sea attempting to bolster Rommel's supply lines in North Afrika.

 

 

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Douglas DC4 taking part in the Berlin airlift in 1948. 

 

 

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Brothers Ross and Keith Smith were the first pilots to fly from England to Australia.

 

They achieved this considerable feat in an ex-WW1 Royal Flying Corps Vickers Vimy bomber with the registration G-EAOU in 1919.

 

Wags soon came up with the translation "God 'Elp All Of Us" from this letter combination.

 

[Jesse C.]

Douglas DC4 taking part in the Berlin airlift in 1948. 

 

 

 

The Berlin Candy Bomber

 

[Jesse C.]

Yes, apologies for memory lapse.  I met General Doolittle at Wright Patterson AFB while attending some dull mandatory briefing.  We students were consigned to a non descript barracks while General Dolittle was housed in the almost VIP quarters adjacent.  Thank God for outdoor BBQ pits!  The normal VOQ dining hall was closed for maintenance, so it was do it yourself or go to the high priced Officer's Club No increase  in the already\t pitiful per diem allowance I might say.  Did I mention that Wright Patterson AFB is completely dominated by civilian employees?  Even full bull Coloners have to wait at the airport for the bus to the base! .I met the General while I was going to the wash room to rid myself of all the blood from the deer that a resident student was "obliged" by his wife to "get rid of that before I return from visiting my family."  The deer liver was exceptional!  After 2 days of high priced OClub meals almost all my class met every night for cook outs!

 

I barely missed meeting him years ago when I was in High School. He came to an event at the Air and Space Museum here in San Diego  and when I showed up he was driving off. A friend of mine met him but was too dumb to get his Autograph! 

 

And as an aside, there is a descendant of Gen. Billy Mitchell that works for the school district. She is quite aware of what a B-25 is! LOL! 

[Jesse C.]

The very large and totally extinct six engine Messerschmitt ME323. Just two survived the war, but none left now.

 

Most were shot down over the Mediterranean Sea attempting to bolster Rommel's supply lines in North Afrika.

 

 

 

I forget where, but I saw I a pic of some B-25's shooting down a Gigant over the Med. Yeah, with out escorts, the where on suicide runs! 

[MikeRL411]

German Junkers Ju52 transport plane used on official government business. A bomb was planted on such a plane in an attempt to kill Hitler, but it failed to go off.

 

 

 

AKA "Iron Annie"!  Not the very original production VW!

[MikeRL411]

The very large and totally extinct six engine Messerschmitt ME323. Just two survived the war, but none left now.

 

Most were shot down over the Mediterranean Sea attempting to bolster Rommel's supply lines in North Afrika.

 

 

 

Originally a towed glider but later upgraded to hold its own engines.  I believe the original nickname was "Goliath" in German of course!

[MikeRL411]

Originally a towed glider but later upgraded to hold its own engines.  I believe the original nickname was "Goliath" in German of course!

Love the the BMW sidecar equipped motorcycle and original VW Kubelwagen.

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I see someone posted a photo of this plane earlier in the thread. Here are a few shots I made of it.

 

Witchcraft by Racer, on Flickr

 

Witchcraft by Racer, on Flickr

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Nine O Nine by Racer, on Flickr

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Antonov AH-124 At Yuma by Racer, on Flickr

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Dreamlifter by Racer, on Flickr

[hobospyder]

Ok a, fuck that noise and b I hate that plane

[hobospyder]

Wait that picture looks like it was taken from the parking lot at work. It's been like five years since we last built an air force one livery plane. How old is that picture?