Der Fälscher or The Counterfeiter

The design and attention to detail in this film is amazing. I'm really into calligraphy at the moment and wondering if it'll work with our film? In 'The Counterfeiter' it works conceptually as well visually.

Unfortunately my copy of the DVDs cover looks like a budget 'Rambo' but if you pay under 5 pound for film you should expect some concessions. The translation slightly off and at one points a Nazi Officer clearly says "Comrade" for the subtitle to read "Mate!"

If anyone wants to borrow it let me know.

Lonesome Polecat 2

The people at b24.net have been back in contact and they are certain that the downed airman That Cor Ellen saw was radio operator S/Sgt Eugene Francis Darter from B-17F 42-30255 QW-V 'Lonesome Polecat II' of 412th BS, 95th BG which was lost on 16th December 1943.

8 of the crew managed to bail out, before this ship went into sea with both
pilots. However, S/Sgt Darter being one of the first, landed into the
Wadden.

His injury's were supposed to be so bad he could get out of his parachute. I'm not sure who's who in the photo but ill keep updating as I find out more.

As an update I found Gone with the Wind by Micheal I Darter looking for Cor's arbitrary. It seems really beautifully written and researched.

Downed Pilot

I'm currently putting together a revised proposal for North West Vision. I've been looking this story from the independent. Its a first hand account of Beachcomber seeing a downed Airman in the waters around Texel.

I ask about a picture of a young airman displayed prominently on his wall. Ellen is silent, his mood suddenly reflective. "It was December 1943," he says finally. "I was on the beach when I saw a man drifting down from the clouds. He called to me - 'Help, help' - but he missed the dyke and went into the sea." Ellen pauses again then spreads his hands in a gesture of helplessness. "I can swim but the water was too cold and he was too far out. I watched him die in front of me."

After the war, Ellen saw a letter from America in the local paper from the airman's brother asking for any information about how he died. "I contacted him, and we are friends now too," says Ellen.

Through contacting the people at www.b24.net They think it might be Sgt Donald Pippitt of our 579th Sqdn. Pippit was a tail gunner that some how got separated from his plane and fell to his death.


Sometimes the Internet blows my tiny little mind. I'm not 100 percent sure but the dates match. Ill post more about this as it unravels.