Хотел Москва (Hotel Moscow), Belgrade |
 The next generation pay their respects |
 The group (+1 behind the camera) |
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Хотел Москва (Hotel Moscow), Belgrade |
The next generation pay their respects |
The group (+1 behind the camera) |
Laying the wreaths, one from each family... |
 ...each bearing the Squadron’s Crest |
 Hotel Hamburg, Smederevo. |
Interviewing the 90-year old witness in Ram |
 All aboard for the 2½-hour river cruise! |
 Ram Quay, where the German gunboats Uta and Bechelaren were moored |
Ram Fortress (under renovation) |
 Wheelhouse of M.T.Neptun |
 Girl talk! |
Čibuklija. Known locally as Aircraft Island, something crashed here. But was it MM838 or a four-engined aircraft, as the witness claims? |
 Km post 1081 on the north shore of Čibuklija. The position of 1080 was permanently submerged when the dam "Đerdap 1" was built |
 During the cruise, the son of the 1944 CO made a speech reciting the story of the loss of MM838 |
Downstream: The start of the Danube Gorge. (View from Stara Palanka on the north bank) |
 Community meal in Ram after the cruise |
 Kovin Old Church. No clues were found here, or at the cemetery. We were following a false trail |
Inside Kovin Old Church, in the company of the Serbian Orthodox priest (on right) |
 Kovin cemetery military section, at the time of our visit wrongly thought to be the place of initial burial of the casualties |
 The River Danube at Smederevo. In 1944 the oil refinery would have been visible in the distance on the right |
Found at last! The crash site and the location of the temporary field burials. |
The final, vital clue, found after follow-up enquiries arising from the 2018 expedition. |
