Shocking discovery of missing WW 2 Allied Airman!

[ZumbroKid]

Went out insearch of treasures today. I was detecting a local demo site and noticed some removed walk. I had gotten a nice signal that anywhere but Montana would be great. I dug down and reach packed earth. Anything this deep was old i was thinking. I ended up disintering this World War 2 Veteran. There was no marker on his grave or anyother indication that it was his final resting place. Who was he? Was he from Billings? All these new mysteries that treasure hunting creates. I'll post his photo in hopes someone out there in treasure land might know his who he is. A word of caution! It is a little gory, he had appently lost his feet in battle.

 

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[Southcacalaky]

Neat little item there, HH Art...

 

[jopher]

Very cool find Pete.I hope you can give him a decent final resting place...Joe

 

[Michigan Badger]

Way cool Pete! That guy is worth more than an Indian cent.

Love it!

Badger

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

 

[EarthWalker]

Ouch! thats probably what happened, he lsot his footing and fell into a hole.....

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Neat find! HH, Mike

 

[southbound]

Probably collectable too!Cool find.
Vern

 

[Dave N Japan]

Reminds me of the Movie.. The Longest Day! They had fake Parachute jumpers to throw the Germans off on the D-Day.. I think they were a little bigger Nice Keeper!

 

[trk5capt]

HAD ME, HOOK, LINE, & SINKER. trk5capt...

 

[Boobydoo]

This is very interesting, great find.
How big is this little guy?

Smiles,
BDoo

 

[ZumbroKid]

He is about 4 inches, but missing his feet.

 

[Moonshadow]

Very cool, I wouldn't mind having him in my collection of stuff. Nice find.

HH,
Moon

 

[Gypsy Heart]

He evidently lost his feet upon impact after parachuting out of the bomber! Now go back and dig them out and look for Dogtags! Poor guy! Hope you give him a resting place with honors!

 

[twister]

NIce find Pete, congrats

HH Twister

 

[MDnoob]

I'm pretty sure there was a bomber squadron out of Montana that consisted of mostly handicapped airmen, this fellow was most likely a gunner/radioman/navigator since he couldn't control the pedals to fly a plane. RIP

 

[jon43]

neat find