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Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

The crew of

Lancater III.EE.174:

Thibedeau,

Sehlin,

Chaston,

were killed at the crash

near Mauschendorf

Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Road

Metal Parts

30 lb incendiary bomb

Flight Direction from Gerach ??

4 lb incendiary bombs

8mm incendiary projectile

8mm armor piercing ammo

Car Parking

Crash Craters

Rudder balance tab

Positions of Finds

Relief Map Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Lots of impact traces

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Thousends of small aluminum parts

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Electric

connector

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Electric

connector

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Copper Part

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Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

4 lb incendiary bombs Lancaster / Stabbrandbombe Red Coloured Head

Fuse

Thermite

Safety Pin

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4 lb incendiary bombs Lancaster / Stabbrandbombe Red Coloured Head

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

4 lb incendiary bombs Lancaster / Stabbrandbombe

Elektron Housing

Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

incendiary bombs Lancaster / Stabbrandbombe

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

30 lb incendiary bomb Lancaster 96 pieces on board

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Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Finds Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

30 lb incendiary bomb

Fuse End

Filling End

Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

30 lb incendiary bombs Lancaster 4 lb incendiary bombs Lancaster

The mighty 4000 lb, or 8000 lb blockbuster bomb destroyed the roofs of the buildings, to alow the incendiaries to set fire to the burnable parts of the roofs

Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

The mighty 4000 lb, or 8000 lb blockbuster bomb destroyed the roofs of the buildings, to alow the incendiaries to set fire to the burnable parts of the roofs

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Incendiary round – blue tip

Head Stamp: K 43 BV II Z K for Kynoch Birmingham, 43 for 1943, B for incendiary, Mark VII and Z denotes the use of graphite coated nitrocellulose flake instead of Cordite strands

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Incendiary round – blue tip, cleaned

Finds Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Incendiary bullet – blue tip

Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Phosphor

bullet

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Crompton Parkinson Co. Ltd, Guiseley, Yorkshire,

U.K. (1939-1945), WI = armor piercing Hardened Steel Core – brass cover removed

Armor piercing round

Finds Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

graphite coated

nitrocellulose flakes

charged

Armor piercing round

Finds Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

graphite coated

nitrocellulose flakes

charged

Armor piercing round

Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

World war 2, both are

British .303 armor

piercing, Model # W

Mk 1, Headstamps

are K/1938/ W1

(Kynoch) and RG/

43/ W1 (Radway

Green) 174 grains

overall, .250" steel

core, graphite coated

nitrocellulose flakes

charged, berdan

primed, at 2500 fps

from muzzle.

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Heavy casted steel part

Finds Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Heavy casted steel part

Findings Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Casted steel rocker part

Stainless steel bolt

Finds Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Lancaster rudder mass balance tab

Weight 2,4 Kg

Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Lancaster rudder mass balance tab

Finds Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Parachute Hook

Finding condition

Sandblasted and oiled

Finds Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Above from Lancaster Below from Stirling

Button Axis Stainless steel vent

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Roy Frederic Thibedeau,

Rear Gunner Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944