Below link to photos from excavation site:
http://www.tarnow.pl/galeria/galeria_924/index.php
As you can see MPW Museum workers recovered airmen side arms.
I received information that remains of two pilots were recovered as well.
I believe that the whole thing is so sensational that journalists keep cover on it and are busy preparing publications.
Personally I see quite a few questions:
1. What role civilian Poles from the area of crash played in recovery of items from the crash site? The most suspicious is information about coins spread around the wreck.
2. Germans would not leave airmen's revolvers on site. Who recovered bodies?
3. Apparently Halifax JP 276 "A" was not flying to Warsaw. They should drop their load near Skierniewice for Home Army receiving post there.
Most probably weapons dropped would be used to strengthen Home Army local units, which in Operation "Tempest", would go towards Warsaw.
There is no information about drop.
So where is substantial load of weapons and ammo?
Usually drop consisted of STENs, BRENs, PIATs, Mills and Gammon handgrenades and ammo.
4. Anyone has got any info about "survival kits" of crews flying for SOE?
Cash in them probably contained more currencies than Polish "mlynarki", (occupational currency), planes could be shot down above Slovakia, Northern Italy etc.
We don't know at the moment what coins were recovered. Most probably kit contained paper bills and some coins in each currency.
Germans would promptly collect everything from the wreck.
Civilians probably discarded useless for them coins...
5. History of the wreck and a crash site after the war is also suspicious...
According to locals in early fifties parts of the wreck protruding from the ground were covered with dirt. Why?
Anyway the story is very interesting.
If information about finding airmen remains is true, we can expect either full military ceremonial burial in Cracow - they would be buried together with their collegues.
So far not much, but...
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