From a C-47 crash site. Someone can help us?

Matteo La Boccia

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Here is reportage of our visit to a crash site of a C-47. We know it is crashed in summer of 1944. There are 19 men on it and 11 or 12 deceased. We will be glad to know more about this aircraft and about these men.

The place

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First find!

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The crash site

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Fragment of fuselage.

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Pilots and\or parachute equipment?

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Fragments.

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Object of men are in aircraft. I recognize a fragment of a fork U.S. Some idea for other objects?

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A lot of glass

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10 A 250 What it is?

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Fuselage fragment with LAD 24

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Plate from the bullet-proof jacket that have gunners in bombers. Do you know C-47 have gunners? We also find a bullet 12,7.

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Fragments of ceramic

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Fragments of ammunitions. Bullet of rocket. Bullets 12,7. Bullet and ball from Carbine M1. Balls from cal. 30.

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What it is?

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14a


What it is?

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15a


Fuze BURNDY A-10496

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What it is?

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Glass with N

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Small bottle DES PAT. 8 825

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Small bottle DES PAT 85...

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Small bottle K-4533 1-1

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Buttons and some small part

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Button and collar disk infantry

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Label RADIO CALL 315153. This is a sure reference to C-47 4315153.

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Mario, Pierpaolo e Angelo

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Thanks for every informations you can gave us!
 

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hpdiver

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15 & 15A is a broken bipod most likely from a Browing Automatic Rifle (BAR)

Kind regards,

LB
 

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