Fontane's airplane, a Ju-188 D2 in Corsaglia Valley

I apologize for my English but is translated with google. 

Today I finally finished writing a story a few years ago, before only my friends and fans a forum to which I waswriting were unaware.

We will talk about a plane.

  INTRODUCTION

I'm not a historian, what I wrote is only the fruit of a passion for history and a desire to shed light on a little-knownevent in the valley where I was born, Val Corsaglia. I apologize to the experts who read for not strictly following theinterview techniques and research paper. Sometimes rewrite history in an attractive way was not easy because at the same time also overlapped more facts that made us continue in the study.

I tried to give a logical, however, the story although in reality certain events before others arrived and wereunderstood only later.

Finally I decided to publish this paper in the form online completely free of charge because I feel a bit 'debt with the web from which I took it and learned so much during my studies both in the life of every day.

Everything starts in the summer of 2008, when talking to a friend of Turin, Lorenzo, at some point he said:

"You know in your valley fell down a German plane in World War II?"

I think for a moment, but the only plane I had heard of precipitate in the lower province of Cuneo is a B-24 Liberator(the famous flying fortress), precipitated on Bisalta above Gias Vaccarile, widely covered in the book of AliSpezzate Sergio Costagli and Gerardo Unia edition L'arcere. Then I know a British fighter fallen Sibilla location inVillanova Mondovi CN, but more about that in a future post.

German planes at all.

But Lorenzo insists, even a few years earlier had been in the small township of Fountains and had managed to limit the impact zone, then due to the distance and various commitments had not gone ahead with the research.

Luck has it that at that time I used to spend my evenings in a pub where she worked just a girl who lives in thevillage in the mountains of Val Corsaglia.

Here's a glimpse of the village.

 One evening between an order and the other I ask if he had never heard stories about a plane crash in those partsof his grandparents or elders of the land, I said yes immediately, but do not know anything more. Again luck helps me. His grandfather was a child at the time and was among the first to visit the place of impact the following days.

I do leave the phone number and the next day, unfortunately is ill, talk to his wife who told me to call back in a week. Spend a fortnight, did not feel right just to annoy those who could help, recall, and the funny grandfather tells me that unfortunately has not yet recovered and can not accompany me, however, after a short story, tells mewhere the plane hit.

The area is near the stables Pen, at the time told me it was all pasture, now only the top part is still the case, the bottom has grown a beech wood. He tells me that the place where the wreckage was found just where the plantsbegin now.

In addition also gave me two data which will prove to be important, the impact took place at night and there was a lot of fog, the inhabitants of the village heard a loud noise in the night, but they realized what had happened until the next day. Workers did not see the smoke generated by the fire of the plane all night. He saw instead the inhabitants of another village not far looking at the area, Annoyed, who arrived at the site of impact in the morningand picked up the victims.

Having said that, time to organize and partly to the crash site.

Superb and charming with some ruins, probably were inhabited at the time, would be really nice to find someone who lived there.

We wander through the meadows and woods in search of something that can help us understand the exact place,we are in 5, Lorenzo, François, Manel, Alberto and I, of all people should find it.

All of a sudden start right where the plants there is a rock and above seem to be oily black spots other than thecolor of the rocks around. With a hoe we dig a little 'around the rock and actually about 10 cm depth there is a layerof carbon black and the earth smells of burnt oil, we are right on point of impact. It 'amazing how the pollution of the soil and the layer of carbon is still well present to witness the drama consumatosi quell'anfratto in almost seventy years ago.

  
The area is very steep, we can hardly stand, the terrain is rocky and there isn't soft ground with the exception ofareas surrounding a small stream.

This gives us an advantage because it means that the plane was all on the surface and is not sunk into the groundas it happens in plane crashes, normally the heavy parts end up several meters below the ground and the aluminumafter the fire melts.

The impact must have been devastating and probably due to the fog, the crew did not even understand what was going to happen, the plane was crumpled up on the slope like a tin can.

The type of soil helps us, because under a thin layer of leaves means that there must still be small parts of the plane that could help us to understand with certainty what plane it is.

Start your search to view and find something different outputs: endless pieces of aluminum parts of the fuselage, electrical components, hydraulic components and systems, parts of the control panel, tubes, parts of burnt rubber, parts of the plexiglass windows, pieces of aluminum that were part of the engine block, camshaft, a drain, a little 'shells exploded and a few personal items.

Some debris found on site.

Primal aluminum engine block was probably painted black.

The tappet of the valves and the camshaft. You can see six locations for many groups of valves. From this we deduced that it was the V12 and the radial engine.

A piece of pipe and a valve Argus, note the mania of the Germans to mark each component, even the nuts.

A non-return valve, notice that each nut was attached to the rest of the system via a braid of wire which passed into the holes of each component with the purpose to avoid rotation due to vibration.

Hydraulic hoses or fuel as they have the grounding, see how many marks for a single component, a symbol of allthe tests that had to pass.

A piece of plexiglass that was part of the cabin, you read that right, did not have the windows glass but plexiglass.The PMMA was developed in 1928 in various laboratories and brought to market in 1933 by the German chemicalRöhm and as always happens in the military you have the most innovative products in the market. Curious signsthat seem left by adhesive tape. At first thought to emergency repairs, but knew right away that it was impossibledue to the strong pressure of the air at high speeds and at high altitude.

After some research, we realized that we had to actually own hands the glass to the left of the cockpit indicatedthat the angles of the horizon to the different degrees of dives during a bombing raid as you can see from the picture below (source: internet).

A sensor of the level of oxygen

A hook

 
Part of a tire

 
Some mesh tape that led to shots from 20 mm machine gun and a few shell of the two gauges. We have not foundsmaller sizes so we think that it was equipped with MG-151 and MG-131. Remains of flares
Remains of a rocket with parachute illuminating, FALLSCHIRMLEUCHTPATRONE

The few personal items

Remains of pilot cap (flighthelmeth), larynx, produced by Siemens as seen in particular in the bottom.
Here's how it looked like in origin (source: internet).

A zipper, Elite law, we know that the pilots of the Luftwaffe and the famous Green Devils were equipped with life jackets produced by Elite

A buckle

Electrical Components
 
A diode.
 
A switch manufactured by Bosch
 
A lamp of space
 
A part of the circuit diagram
 
Various components
 
A capacitor
 
A button
 
Here's how it looked like in origin (source: ebay)
 
To identify many of the components of the Junker that have been recovered have relied on this websitehttp://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/index.htm

  


At this point began the research to answer a series of questions that began to frullarci to the head of that plane it was, what had happened in those days, what was the exact date, at which plane it was, that mission had , where they were buried pilots, who were, where they are now their bodies, the Germans or the partisans were interested in some way of the fact, which was the cause of the accident, and finally, in the area because the story is so little known .We were able to answer many of these questions, but some remained such.The first step was to get some experience from people who were in the area at the time or at least he had heard from witnesses.The first interview was that already mentioned previously the manager of the bar of Fountains, Sergio Camperi, who gave us clear indications on the impact zone. At the time he was about 14-15 years old, and took the place of the incident the next day or on the next, unfortunately it is not certain of this. It tells us that the incident took place at night but can not remember the exact date. In the town of Fontane was a loud thud and subsequent explosions smaller, it was thought a fight between partisans and Germans. There was fog and none of her family left the house. Times were hard and well as the fear to go in the wrong did not take much.Please note that the plane had several engines and 4 or 5 bodies were recovered, but even here no reliable data. Tells us that the bodies were not buried in the cemetery near Fountains but probably to Annoyed, the reason for this is not the clear.The large amount of aluminum present gave a little 'wealth to the inhabitants of those poor areas already bent by years of war, someone built several other pots sold it unfortunately also here does not know how it was carried downstream and dismantled the plane .It also does not tell me if some military was to recover scrap or at least investigate the matter.Some time later I was able to make a long phone call with the Commendatore Luigi Mondino of Montanera who was then 19 years and was in the partisan bands of that area.I take this opportunity to thank him for availability and the desire to tell.Unfortunately, he completely ignored the fact.At this point they began to come doubts about the date, it was possible that no partisan of the area had noticed the accident that caused a fire and somehow had to finish the aluminum sold in the valley?On the other hand I was told several adventures in which he participated in those years and in particular was one of the participants in an almost suicidal mission to retrieve two undercover officers from the provisional government of Brindisi (Bonomi) to bring together the various local bands under the same leadership. Suicide because they were sent to an area under the control of the divisions of Salò just returned from training in Germany of which they were ignorant of the presence.I tried to call the pastor of Fountains, Don Leopoldo, asking if he could make me see the book of the dead at the time, unfortunately, I said that because some of the names mentioned in those days people still alive could not let me see them, but not consulted him found traces of it because at that time the village of Annoyed and that of Fountains were not of the same parish so there had to be two different books. In any case, one of the township of Annoyed you do not know what happened.I sent several emails in common, unfortunately they did not have data in the archives of this period.I contacted Mrs. Lucia Vinai who has been a master in the school of Fountains for years, I had heard of the ordinary that had written the diary of the priest in Don Bersezio, and had a copy, unfortunately the original is lost. In the diary there are recounted in detail a bit 'all the events that touched the small village during various clashes between partisans and Germans, but no reference plane. Weird. The nice lady did everything even give me a hand in investigating the country and in town, but only managed to confirm what already accennatomi the parish priest.At this point I decided to take a trip to Annoyed, country really cute, with a church, a cemetery and a few small half-ruined house. No inhabitant, only about fifty cows and a herdsman. While I was wandering the country and I feel observed from afar the herdsman slowly approaching, looking askance at, it was probably for some time that he did not see anyone. Logically can not understand what I'm looking for, I speak to him in Piedmont trying to explain the history, softened a bit 'and I can ask him some questions.Unfortunately he does not know who had been buried in the cemetery of the German airmen, then most likely were repatriated soon enough, just after the end of the war because he has always lived there and it is 1952.Remembers stories of his countrymen who went to collect the scrap to make some money, according to some rumors were even amputate fingers airmen to take faiths. His parents told him how the plane passed very low over the houses already in flames.

 Glimpses of Seccata

The plane crashed in a small clearing in the upper right of the photo, note the distance.

The small church
 
The cemetery where they remained until the end of the airmen of the war, we know from a witness who had been buried at the entrance on the right.


On the way back, do a tour of the place of impact and luck would have it in the fields involved in the event there were two herdsmen who were guarding their herd. I approach and always speaking in dialect wonder if they knew who they were ruined their houses near the crash site. I respond almost in unison that they lived in those two huts.Much luck, it was time. The oldest at the time was about 16 years old, the baby was in the cradle. The blast woke everyone and were the first to go through the wreckage.I was told that the plane was on fire long before the crash, saw a light, but soon realized that it was not a plane because given the season was the classic fog. Some friends told him they saw him pass already in flames further down the valley towards Monastery Vasco, about ten km as the crow flies.They remember that the bodies were 4, one could not retrieve it since it was destroyed in many parts of the dog of their neighbor days after the accident, he went out of the woods with a hand in his mouth. But they were all pretty poorly put, only one was slightly damaged.I also clarify why were buried in that distant village, simply because the road was to bring them more beautiful and also down the inhabitants of the other village they found the plane the next day by which time the bodies were removed. So the first priest to rush the place was to Annoyed.I confirm that the plane disintegrated into small parts, some parts of the fuselage bigger hammer blows were divided in the following days to be delivered. The only part that remained was a whole wing.The only weapon that hint that he saw the machine gun was bigger than it seemed in their still usable, but do not know what happened.Wonder whether the days following the crash of the German units had gone to recover the plane and ask him if it is true that it was even built a small cable car to transport the pieces. They deny everything and say that there is no German ever saw there. Saw the Germans after the war when they were repatriated bodies. At this point I ask them if they remember what year were repatriated, I try to throw them a year '50, both deny and say they were immediately after the end of the war, between '45 and '47.Finally I cordially greet them and thank them.A few days later there was a village festival, occasion too tempting to look for some evidence.I went to the place accompanied by a friend who lives in them.Turning the tables, pointed out to me an old man with blue eyes, weigh the years but the desire to tell you so much.My questions confirms the fact that there was fog, but he says that the dead were 5 but it is not very safe. I also said that the plane was a three-engined, but I think this is not plausible.Please note that a plant was attached to a seat with still parts of a body fastened.He, too, wonder if you must remember a few but nothing to do, I ask him if he remembers what happened to the wreckage did, tells me that a gentleman was passing Magliano Alpi with a wagon and all the inhabitants of the village (at the time there were 900 people) sold for two pennies to him what they had found.Another question that springs to mind is the weapon, he tells me that the 20mm machine gun was slightly crooked, but in good condition, no one took it away from the area for fear of the Germans at that time to bring home a similar object without was a good move. After a while 'time disappeared without a trace and no one knows what happened.Entries country say that in the 60s at the crash there was still a skull resting on the base of a plant, however, he has never seen. It is recalled that the motors, heavier, were detached from the rest of the plane and went to finish higher, while most of the pieces was lower.At this point, we tried to draw conclusions.Had a full stop.It was foggy and the plane was already on fire. The dead were buried in Annoyed after the war and moved to another area, so convinced I spent a whole day in the library of Mondovi to view the microfilm of the local gazette from December 1945 to August 1947. I find at least a little article that accennasse the transfer of corpses but unfortunately found nothing.Seeing vex approached the manager who immediately started asking me questions about what I was doing, I told him a little 'history and told me that maybe he could help me out.Pulled out from the archive the telephone number of a certain depth. John Raineri of Villanova Mondovi, born in 1919 and told me he was very knowledgeable of all the local history, especially the period of the Second World War.I called him and immediately I sense the strong temperament of this man.Despite the years he remembers when he was one of the graduates of the partisan bands of the valley, a former Alpine, although I note that he was in the adjacent valley and therefore is not aware of all the facts of the Val Corsaglia. But when he realizes what I'm talking about places that tells me that the road traveled on foot very often being a link between the two valleys.I come to it and expose my problem, I want to know information about a German plane crashed in the area Sept. 12 to 44.Remains silent for a moment and his first statement, hard and clear is:- Impossible!To which I rest a bit 'in trouble and do not know what to say then I pluck up courage and wonder what it means that impossible.Even more sharply, as if he were giving an order to his subordinate tells me that it is impossible, in 64 years no one has ever heard of a German plane crashed in the lower piedmont and more in an area under their control. He says that the only aircraft that crashed in the area were on a plane Bisalta American English and a plane from the parts of Villanova. Both were joined quickly by men of partisan and retrieves all the useful parts, including a Browning .50 cal machine gun can be seen in several photos of the time.I tell him that I have no reason to tell lies and I unbutton a bit 'more telling thing or two, including the fact that we found several parts that are unmistakably belonging to a German plane and that all the inhabitants of the area confirm the case.Remains silent after a while he tells me that he thought the locals hid the fact to keep them all the recoverable amount and sell it on the black market.The thing that remains impressed by that piece is what the guerrilla units, even though, according to them, were fighting for the liberation from the Germans, however, were sometimes poorly viewed by locals who even managed to hide a plane, which is not so simple, especially since in the valley, of course, there was no talk of another in those days.In conclusion, I could not find anything I was looking for, that is why we came to think for a moment that the date was wrong impact. If by chance the incident dated back to the previous year, in 1943, would explain many things. The partisans were not being right in the area at the turn of September 8, however, the Germans would have to go to recover the bodies and we know that this did not happen.Then at some point we rileggemmo the story of those years and found that in September 1944 had already taken place raids linked to the battle of Easter in Val Ellero and the battle of Val Casotto, the area we are talking about is just between these two valleys so here's one of the mysteries explained.The Germans had captured or dispersed most of the partisans present in those areas, but not in the high valley inoltravano without important reasons that also did not have the security of the complete dissolution of the bands rebels. The partisans were actually missing and instead remained had already moved to the Langa and around Alba.So we went to the date 12 to 13 September 1944, but we need confirmation of this fact is that the type of aircraft. We turned to Italian and foreign forum is for collectors of militaria and aviation enthusiasts. A first confirmation came from an Italian unfortunately no longer online on which we found this page.

This document gave us the certainty that something must have happened since the existence of the tailgate. Alsowe finally gave a written record of the date and type of aircraft, 13.09.1944, JU-88 and JU-188 to read the captionnext to the door.

Spend a few days and sent us back on another forum on this website where you will find a list of all German aircraftcrashed divided by date. As you can see there is just one JU-188 D2 disappeared on the night between 12 and 13 September 1944. In addition, the exhibition was to show that D2 was equipped with radar for night flying, and we know that the incident happened at night +. The radar was another technological innovation that dates back to those years (at the time the field in the table to the right was empty, we have provided us the information).

So we had another stop. This was a JU-188D-2 belonging to Aufklarungsgruppe 6 / (F) 122 based in Bergamo. The sign was F6 + LP, where + denotes the classical cross German, and the serial number 150235.

Another member of the forum RAF he found himself more or less in our situation we did note that from 8 to 11September 1944, the group lost several aircraft to a strange defect. Nick Beale Air War over Italy says that at the end of the war it was used a lean fuel octane for the Ju-88 was fine, but the new Jumo 188 was causing seizures.

Probably too rushed for that because it is seen that the evidence had an engine fire long before the impact.

Note that on September 21 another plane of the same group with the same code ran for the same reasons.Interesting that the code for propaganda painted on the side was re-allocated to other aircraft in the event of loss, as if to say that the planes of the Reich never ended. A twist of fate precipitated the second plane. I wonder if the same code F6 + LP was awarded for the third time in some other aircraft or superstition took soppravvento amongthe iron troops of the Luftwaffe.

That's as it should appear on our plane.

 As you can see it was not really a twin baby. Flew for the first time in 1940 and in 1942 they were provided to the Luftwaffe about 1100. It was powered by two 12-cylinder V-engine Jumo 213 to 1776 HP. He also produced a version with BMW radial engines. The crew consisted of four airmen had long had a wingspan of 15 m and 22 m.The curb weight was 9410 kg and could take off with a maximum load of 5160 kg, its maximum speed was 544 km/ h.

With 1500 kg load had a radius of action of around 2480 km.

The armament classic over the bombs, was composed of a machine gun MG-151 20 mm, 2 machine guns MG-13113 mm machine guns and two 7.92 caliber coupled, sometimes replaced by another MG-131.

The version of our case was the D-2, probably in night reconnaissance mission and therefore equipped with radar.

At this point we looked for news on the crew to ensure consistency of data in our possession. We sent an email tothe consulate / embassy of the State Archives and German. After some time we answered the Bundesarchiv Berlinsaying that unfortunately they had little information about it because the archives were almost completely destroyedduring the war. However, we were told that the crew had to be four aviators but only knew the name of the master:

Ltn. Gottfried Heene

The consulate told us more quickly told us to contact the Service for Honour the Fallen Germans, to the followingaddress: 

Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
Servizio per le Onoranze ai Caduti Germanici
Via Pontina km 31,400
00040 Pomezia (RM)
Tel.: +39 (0) 6 91 60 30 84
Fax: +39 (0) 6 91 14 05 24
http://www.volksbund.de/

So we did, but again failed to give us news about where he had been buried the master and who the other threeburied with him. We were told that they were probably buried in the military cemetery in Costermano Germany where almost all the fallen Germans in northern Italy.

We contacted the cemetery Costermano, he told us the manager Mauro Agostinetto, but unfortunately without a name or at least a certain date in which they were transferred to the bodies could not help us. However, advised usto contact the VDK where Mrs. Beate Kalbhenn would have definitely helped, also told us not to lose hope, it would take some time, but sooner or later would have answered.

After almost a year, one day I happened by chance in a forum that was our time, even here I did the usual questionand amazingly a gentleman pulled out a table with the names of four airmen from a book of his library (Nick BealeAir War Italy), unfortunately he were not dead and wounded.

Ltn. Gottfried Heene

Obgefr. Helmut Scheingraber

Uffz. Walter Jesko

Uffz. Franz Wehmeier

Indirectly also contacted one of the authors of this book.

That our questions answered:
Regarding Ed North's point "However there are two numbers stated: Ju 188 150236 F6+IP in Barry Ketley's ´KG 200´ book ..."

1. It was mostly Geoff Thomas's book which Barry completed after Geoff's early death.

2. There is a second loss report for the same crew, filed on the same sheet as one for a KG 200 aircraft (Geoff Thomas sent me a copy). This plainly gives the WNr. as 150235 but the aircraft's code is not clearly typed. Even so, I still read it as F6+LP because the typewriter's upper case "I" has a serif at top and bottom whereas the letter in the code has no top serif, so I make it an "L."

The aircraft's mission is listed as "Feindflug" (operational flight) and place of loss unknown. The crew are all missing but there is a hand written addition dated 29.11.44 (I think) which notes that all four are dead. No place of burial is stated.

The loss information we used in "Air War Italy" was from a list compiled by a Berlin researcher, Arno Abendroth, and sent to Ferdinando D'Amico about 20 years ago. Looking at it now, I obviously misread the abbreviation "v" as "verwundet" (wounded) when it should have been "vermisst" (missing). A little late to discover that mistake ...

P.S. The existence of two loss reports is not unique. A KG 200 detachment was based at Bergamo with 4. & 6.(F)/122 and sometimes both units filed a report of the same loss. Years ago (before German laws changed) Geoff and I found we had been sent different reports on the same KG 200 aircraft by the Deutsche Dienststelle, giving slightly different information.

This explains the mystery of the other end of which is attached to the crew, the abbreviation for vermisst (loss)interpreted as verwundet (missing).

After some time there also came an answer from Deutsche Volksbund Kriegsgräberfürsorge (VDK) the organizationthat takes care of the dead Germans.

 This explains the mystery of the other end of which is attached to the crew, the abbreviation for vermisst (loss)interpreted as verwundet (missing).

After some time there also came an answer from Deutsche Volksbund Kriegsgräberfürsorge (VDK) the organizationthat takes care of the dead Germans.

Finally we had the date of the transfer, in July 1957, as impressive as the years the memories are distorted, all the witnesses to my questions would have sworn on the transfer in the first post-war period, before 1950, however the transfer took place more than 10 years after the liberation .

In the same period came the answer from the German consulate to which I asked whether he could find anyrelatives of the airmen. My request came from the fact that the relatives did not know definitely what had happened to their loved ones because at the time they were buried as unknowns.

Spend a few months and I receive when I least expected it, an email from Beate Kalbhenn, the one that had turnedour request in Germany.

 Sehr geehrter Herr Claudio,

inzwischen liegt mir das Ermittlungsergebnis der Deutschen Dienststelle
(WASt) in Berlin vor. Dank Ihren Hinweisen konnte die in der Nacht vom 12.
auf den 13.09.1944 (der 13.09.1944 ist beurkundet) abgestürzte Flugzeugcrew identifiziert werden. Es handelt sich um:

Lt. Gottfried HEENE * 24.05.1920 Schatzlar/Trautenau Uffz. Walter JESKO * 19.10.1922 Cramonshagen/Schwerin Ogefr. Helmut SCHEINGRABER * 02.07.1923 Frankfurt/Main Uffz. Ernst WEHMEIER * 08.01.1924 Nieder-Jöllenbeck/Bielefeld

Die Besatzung wurde am 30.07.1957 auf dem Franktionsfriedhof "Seccata" in Frabosa Soprana/Cuneo exhumiert und zum deutschen Soldatenfriedhof COSTERMANO/Verona in den Block 13 - Gruppengrab 488/489 überführt.

Ich danke Ihnen nochmals sehr herzlich für Ihr Engagement, wodurch das Schicksal dieser Soldaten geklärt werden konnte. Wir werden uns bemühen, Angehörige zu ermitteln und diese dann von der Grablage informieren.

Ihnen persönlich wünsche ich alles erdenklich Gute und verbleibe mit einem

freundlichen Gruß
Beate Kalbhenn

Having now turned full circle this message to the German military cemetery of Costermano so that their four graves could be applied to a plate with names.The next day I responded with this email.Dear Mr. Claudio,thanks to his consistency has been possible to clarify the fate of 4German soldiers. This morning, after receiving his mail, arewent to check the Block 13 grave 488/489 and are buried onlyunknown. Then returned to the office I asked the lady KalbhennI found that I get the badges with a short name,name and dates of birth and death of the four aviators.Thank youhad the perseverance to insist. The VDK is already looking for anyrelatives. As of today I have 4 less unknown, thanks.Mit freundlichen grüßen / RegardsMauro AgostinettoVerwalter / AdminVolksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge and. V.Soldatenfriedhof Deutscher / German Military CemeteryVia Baesse 1237010 Costermano (VR) - ItalyWriting these few lines I came back for 5 years and once again I would like to thank all those who helped or participated in some way.Lorenzo the first who had the straight, Alberto knows where each piece was placed. The participants in the research field Manel and François.My mother, who worked in a bank in Frabosa Soprana un'inviata and it was like on the field and gave me contacts with the various respondents.The owner of the bar of Fountains, the two herdsmen, the old man found at the village festival, Master Vinai who has done all the research in the church and in the diary of Don Bersezio, Don Leopoldo.The municipality of Frabosa Soprana.My friends Fontane.Francesca the best translator.Mr. Unia author of Broken Wings that gave me a lot of tips.Mr. Agostinetto guardian of the German military cemetery Costermano.The Consul and the German Embassy.The Beate Kalbhenn the VDK.The members of the forum:http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/index.phphttp://www.forums.luftwaffedata.co.uk/foru...35cd6e188bbf27aThe association Romagna air Finder.The Site http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de