Recovered personal items from the crash site where Bill Alsbury was killed in action when his Lancaster Bomber was shot down over Germany 13-Aug-1944 near the end of WW2. All 7 RAF crew aboard PB209 were killed.

RAF 977330 WO William Thomas Alsbury, (Wireless Air Gunner) Aged 26, Son of Thomas Edward and Ethel Mary Alsbury, of Hungerford, Berkshire. "Lancaster PB209 was shot down at 0048 hrs over Wasserliesch (Trier-Saarburg) in the Rhineland by Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, the ‘greatest’ ace of all time (find him on Wikipedia). The plane was observed on fire, partially broke up presumably on impact. The Wasserliesch Fire Brigade extinguished forest fires and recovered the remains of 5 crew from the plane. The bodies of deceased Bill Alsbury and Robert Valencia were found about 500 yards away with burnt parachutes.