A man who had been searching for places where his brother crashed during World War II, will be rewarded in 67 years

I heard that a letter from Germany got delivered to an 87 - year - old British man who had been searching for his elder brother 's shot down during the bombing mission in Germany during the Second World War. is.

The letter was from a 20 - year - old German student majored in archeology and was found in the 1943 year 67 years ago when a male 's older brother had found a remnant of the bomber and the body.

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Southeastern EnglandState of KentAshfordOriginally, 87 years old, now John Tutt, belonged to the British Army antitank regiment during the Second World War.British Air ForceI knew that the bomber aboard the older brother Bernard Tutt served as a radio technician was shot down during the night of November 26, 1943 during the Frankfurt bombing mission, but neither the bodies nor the articles were collected and shot down Without knowing the exact place that was done, I could not settle my feelings, he seems to have been searching for a place of fall all the time since the end of the war.

Tutt says that "Finally peace of mind could be regained by finding this time." There are two children and three grandchildren, but he said he lost his wife last year. The second from the right of the picture I got is my older brother Bernard.


Sergeant Bernard Tutt (photographed in 1943), Age 29 years old. In 1943 November with his wife Joan Kent StateTenterdenI live and I heard that my son Keith was two months old.


We got seven crew members, including Bernard Tutt sergeantAbro LancasterOf 25 Lancaster and 236 aircraftHandley Page HalifaxTogether with Night on November 26, 1943,CambridgeshireIt flew from the Air Force base of Frankfurt to the mission of Frankfurt bombing and was shot down near Frankfurt after a heavy interception in German airspace.

John Tutt has been writing a letter to related stations in Germany for many years to let me know little information to find out where the brother Lancaster crashed. One of the letters is presumed to be a crash siteHessenDarmstadt-Dieburg CountyMO DOUTA TownIt was sent to the district of the Brandau district (position as a village in Japan) sent in 1999, but it seems that I had given up for more than ten years without reply.

Brandau is in the southwestern part of Germany,FrankfurtIt is located in the south.


Although Brandau did not reply to the letter, it seems that he had not forgotten Mr. Tutt's wish to know his whereabouts for 10 years, recently Felix Klingenbeck, a 20-year old archaeological student, sent an airplane When he received a report saying that he had discovered a remnant of the same, he told me to contact Tutt.

"A suddenly a letter from a young German student named Felix arrived and I found a remnant of the plane and the relic of the crew.I was quite surprised, but it is a wonderful surprise," Tutt said It is. "I feel a real feeling of accomplishment and a feeling of separation as it is now, I may have always wanted this feeling.When I know where Bernard is, it will be a big consolation "

Felix Klingenbeck who discovered the remnants of Lancaster during exploration with metal detectors in the forest of 22 miles south of Frankfurt (about 35 km).


Felix Klingenbeck listened to the story that an airplane sometimes crashed into the forest from the elderly in the village and thought that it would be interesting if it could find a remnant, and found the metal detector to possess the forest We explored.

"The aircraft crashed on the old logged road and was buried in the hole that was made at the time of the crash since then. After discovering a part of the aircraft containing the serial number, visit the scene a number of times and keep the remaining little by little I was excavating, but when I noticed there were human bodies, I was very surprised that I did not expect to find a human bones, "Klingenbeck tells about the discovery of the crash site I will.

Lancaster discovered was then excavated as much as possible by an American team, and it is now at the stage of conducting DNA appraisal of the corpse. The fuselage serial number "JB 221 OF-W" is consistent with the record of the British Air Force No. 97 flying squadron, and it seems that it is no doubt that Mr. Tutt's older brother was on board.

A type of Lancaster close to what was shot down. The British Air Force began operation in 1942, and was active mainly at night bombing.


In addition to officials from the German authorities, the aircraft's findings have also been notified to the bereaved families of Scotland, Canada, other American crew members from the United States, some of the bereaved families have already visited the crash site. Mr. Tutt also said he will visit the site within the year and tell his brother the last goodbye.

Sergeant Bernard Tutt is currentlySallyIt is inRunnymede MemorialIt is said that he is worshiped at the British Air Force Battlefield Memorial Hall, but John Tutt is said to be a memorial garden to mourn crew members from the crash site in the future and to build a monument.

Mr. Tutt remembers clearly when he was informed of the missing flight of his brother's plane when he was staying at his house for a break in the army's fight between France and Germany. "Bernard is 8 years older and I clearly remember him for years even now, I was an excellent sportsman and I was playing football and cricket, I am a wonderful person, I do not know compromising, once When I got acquainted, I respected my friends like my friends for the rest of my life, it is very sad that my son Keith was just two months old when he died, "he says of his brother's memory.

"The villagers of Brandau are wonderfully cooperative and agree that it is a way to show the right respect for young people who died also about parks and memorials.As long as these months have passed, we discovered Bernard It is an irreplaceable event for me "