Art, What's Up with this Crashed B-26?
Rob Arndt
Apparently, this was a crashed B-26C near the Belgian-French border.
Know anything about this famous Belgian photo???
The Belgian school girls were on a field trip when this landed...
apparently in that field!!!
Rob
Bombardier
Hi Rob,
Don't know. Never saw the shot before.Sorry I can't be of help.
Art Kramer
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Willie the Wolf Bombardier
Rob
I located some info in another section of B26.com:
According to witnesses the society could speak with, the B-26 came
from the east, skirted the church tower in town by just 50 meters, and
eventually landed along Provenstraat (Proven Street) just west of
Poperinge. A sketch with the exact location was provided to me. It is
said there was no crew on board! The B-26 was there for about three
weeks, was unguarded, while local youth "looted" the Plexiglas first
of all. Some sort of salvage team must have come round, because on the
picture no guns and so on can be seen anymore. Or was it a TB-26?
http://www.b26.com/img/misc/b_26b_poperinge.sm.jpg
This is the Poperinge B-26...
Rob