The Écrivélo Files

Journeys Through War-Torn Europe by Bike.

Hold the Front Page!

Really pleased to see the article in Le Progres our local paper about our quest to discover more about the Mosquito in the Forest. The article follows up on a visit in early September from Régis Bernard, a reporter with the paper. Over all, pretty pleased with the text. Unfortunately,[...]
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Inspection Covers

In June I reported the find of two metal circular discs. These were reportedly from the Mosquito DZ636, that crashed in the hills above Ternaud in 1944. It appears, from examination that these discs are definitely from the Mosquito, a fact confirmed by the Curator in the Archives of the[…]

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Two Saucepan Lids!

Today I received text from my friend who has been helping me in this project. J’ai un morceau du Mosquito It appears that these two pieces of metal are from the wreckage of the Mosquito and were retrieved by a relative of a local Mayor. The small bakerlite plate on the[…]

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