Bombing raids on German cities are well documented. What receives little attention are the plane crashes that were an unavoidable part of the air war. I am therefore working on a comprehensive documentation on this subject. It is a purely private project of mine and the aim is to document the history for posterity before the memory of what happened disappears completely. The final aim of the documentation is to publish a book about the crashes in the Harz and Heath region. In addition to the crash data such as date, type, unit, etc., the names of the crews will also be listed. The work should not only contain simple, anonymous entries - "an airplane crashed there" - but also give the victims a face: The victims should be brought to consciousness.
It is important that the documentation is non-judgmental. The work is not intended to evaluate the deed or differentiate between victims and perpetrators. All those who lost their lives in the air war should be equally remembered, the bomber crews, the fighter pilots and also the many bombing victims. If a book publication does not materialize, it is planned to hand over the records to the Lower Saxony State Archives, Wolfenbüttel Department.