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Re: In desesperate need of a P-51B profile
Hi all,
I don't let you down, but after the "scoops" we had last week, news are coming more slowly now, and we have to be patient...
I have met the witness last saturday. Very kind man, who was 14/15 in 1944, and followed the crash with his father's binoculars. A few points to enlight - with Mr Taylor's point of view - : our witness is not sure that the plane was "silver", he also believes the crash took place at 11 PM approx. (which doesn't match with the mission to Béziers, I guess), and that it happened around april. But he was young, it was 60 years ago, and above all, the story of the pilot's rescue completely match with Taylor's tale. Our witness reports he saw "big flames" exhausting from the pipes, 2 meters long, reaching the star of the fuselage, without smoke. The plane was very low, almost touched the phone lines on the coast, before reaching the sea. He swerved 2 times and sank, and after that, all that one could see was the pilot in his dinghy, and a "large green spot" around.
Anybody has ever heard about a chemical tracer ? And the meaning of a "smokeless" flame? That would help to confirm and explain... Of course, I still wait Mr Taylor's answers to the big interview he must have received now.
I have a bunch of pics of the place of the crash, so Simplex, if you are still interested, I could send them to you.
Keep connected !
Sébastien.
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