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Old 12th Sep 2014, 22:40
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HalifaxLV881,10th bomb.sqad,False location of crash site!

Hi, Exascot!
I yust were at a talk about this excavation this evening!
The correct crashsite-coordinates are
50degrees, 26minutes, 38seconds NORTH
08degrees, 56minutes, 13seconds EAST, on a mountaintop, which is formed like a tongue in northwestern direction --> between Steinhein and Rodheim in WETTERAUKREIS, HESSEN,GERMANY.
They´ve made a excavation due to the archeoligic rules and swept the bottom in 2 by 2 meters. Because there is less earth upon the rock, they only made it down to 15-20 centimeters. Some parts of instruments, electrical wire, and a RAAF-badge of the upper turret operator from Australia were found. The digging-group out of students from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany and one person from Finland did a very good work and found a lot of parts. Packed in nearly 100 plastic bags they will be checked out and catalogized volounteerely by two students from Great Britain.

Best Regards
Al. Crowley
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