Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.

1944
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

The crew of
Lancater III.EE.174:

Thibedeau,
Sehlin,
Chaston,

were killed at the crash

near Mauschendorf
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Positions of Finds

Road
Car Parking

Flight Direction from Gerach ??

Crash Craters

Metal Parts 4 lb incendiary bombs 8mm armor piercing ammo

30 lb incendiary bomb 8mm incendiary projectile Rudder balance tab
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Relief Map

Lots of impact traces

Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Thousends of
small
aluminum
parts
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Electric
connector
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Electric
connector
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Copper Part
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
4 lb incendiary bombs Lancaster / Stabbrandbombe
Red Coloured Head

Fuse

Safety Pin

Thermite
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
4 lb incendiary bombs Lancaster / Stabbrandbombe Red Coloured Head
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
4 lb incendiary bombs Lancaster / Stabbrandbombe

Elektron
Housing
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
incendiary bombs Lancaster / Stabbrandbombe
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

View

30 lb incendiary bomb Lancaster

96 pieces on board
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Fuse End

30 lb incendiary bomb
Filling End
Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

30 lb incendiary bombs Lancaster 4 lb incendiary bombs Lancaster

The mighty 4000 lb, or 8000 lb blockbuster bomb destroyed the roofs of the
buildings, to alow the incendiaries to set fire to the burnable parts of the roofs
Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

The mighty 4000 lb, or 8000 lb blockbuster bomb destroyed the roofs of the
buildings, to alow the incendiaries to set fire to the burnable parts of the roofs
Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Incendiary round – blue tip

Head Stamp: K 43 BV II Z
K for Kynoch Birmingham,
43 for 1943,
B for incendiary,
Mark VII and Z denotes the
use of graphite coated
nitrocellulose flake
instead of Cordite strands
 Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Incendiary round – blue tip, cleaned

 Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Incendiary bullet – blue tip

Absturz Lancaster bei Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Phosphor

bullet
 Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Armor piercing round

Crompton Parkinson Co. Ltd, Guiseley, Yorkshire, Hardened Steel Core – brass cover removed
U.K. (1939-1945), WI = armor piercing
 Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Armor piercing round graphite coated

nitrocellulose flakes
charged
 Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Armor piercing round

graphite coated
nitrocellulose flakes
charged
Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

World war 2, both are

British .303 armor
piercing, Model # W
Mk 1, Headstamps
are K/1938/ W1
(Kynoch) and RG/
43/ W1 (Radway
Green) 174 grains
overall, .250" steel
core, graphite coated
nitrocellulose flakes
charged, berdan
primed, at 2500 fps
from muzzle.
Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Heavy casted steel part

Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Heavy casted steel part

Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Findings

Casted steel rocker part

Stainless steel bolt

Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Weight 2,4 Kg

Lancaster rudder mass balance tab

Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944

Lancaster rudder mass balance tab

Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Finding condition
Parachute Hook
Sandblasted and oiled
Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds

Above from Lancaster Below from Stirling

Button Axis Stainless steel vent

Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Finds
Crash Lancaster near Mauschendorf 31.03.1944 Roy Frederic Thibedeau,
Rear Gunner