LT Paris' crew gets shot down, 02 November 1944, during a mission to strike a secondary target at Merseberg, Germany.  In 2002, pieces of the wreckage were recovered in a field near Kreypau, Germany, a suburb of Merseberg-Leuna.  The artifacts are now on display at a museum at Merseberg.

Above, cylinder heads of one of #883's engines.  Photo courtesy of Stephan Rolf Schilling.

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