rambo1969 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Whilst on the plains tour we visited the museum of army flying. I saw some artefacts and a write up on a zeppelin that crashed during ww1 at great burstead, south green, billericay, essex. The german airmen were buried in south green cemetary which is very close to where I live and this stoked my interest. When I got home I did a bit of research and found this; http://www.northernmemories.co.uk/Cannock/Cannock.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spood Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Thanks for sharing, interesting site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Hi, last year through another forum i was contacted by a Dutch fellow who with along with some medals had brought a rather battered Luftwffe pilots peaked cap, not being into head gear he put away. some years later on looking carefully at the hat discovered a strip of paper with a guys name on and unit. reserch showed he was killed during a raid on Bristol and shot down near Wareham and buried locally. To cut a long story short i was able to photograph the pilots headstone along with the rest of his crew and mail it to him putting a name to a cap and some medals. It is surprising how this hobby can send you in different tangents and intrest some of which you may have never previously considered. Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Thats well good news Rich, I know on the weekend you said you were going to find out more. Well done old chap, great bit of reserch. 10/10. Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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