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Twelve photographs of the crash site of Halifax DT747.
#1 is the a mainwheel
#2 is the fuselage
#3 and 4 are parts of the fuselage
#5 is a mainwheel
#6 is a tailwheel
#7 to #11 are wreckage
#12 is of a deceased airman.

Four photographs of the crash site of Halifax DT747.
#1 is the crash site.
#2 is the fuselage.
#3 is a wing.
#4 is the fuselage guarded by a soldier.

A view of the crash site of Halifax DT747. It is an attachment to the report.

An attachment to the report on the shooting down of Halifax DT747. It is a map of the Esbjerg area at a scale of 1:100000 showing the flightpath of the aircraft and the location of the anti-aircraft guns.

The combat report for 21st April 1943 describes how at 23:08 the anti-aircraft alarm was sounded as Halifax DT747 enemy aircraft approached from the north-east and flew over the Esbjerg air base. It was intercepted with Luftwaffe guns and caught in…

A brief report on the shooting down of an aircraft at Esbjerg. There is a list of the rounds of ammunition used at different locations.

A large mass grave with many coffins.

A photograph of a body at the crash site.

A description of the folder 'Crash Site'.