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Re: Blenheim wreck in River Severn - early 1970's
Posted by Elliott on Tue Oct 01, 2002 09:35:30 AM
In reply top Blenheim wreck in River Severn - early 1970's posted by Paul McMillan on Tue Oct 01, 2002 06:51:26 AM
Hi Paul it was mentioned in Dilip Sakar's book on the Spit recovery - they said they were going to look for it from their heli but never said if they saw anything!
I also remember reading about a gladiator which ditched after some low flying escapades.....
Elliott
: From AB-IX
:
: "I recently acquired a copy of "Bristol - An Aircraft Albu
: m" published
: by Ian Allen in 1973. Having spent a lot of time compiling
: the survey
: of surviving Bristol aircraft on my website, I was intrigu
: ed by a few
: lines at the end of the Blenheim section, which lists surv
: ivors, and
: reads:
:
: "... and an unidentified Blenheim buried in the upper reac
: hes of the
: River Severn - this aircraft recently came to the surface
: and
: appeared to be in remarkably good condition but sank again
: before
: salvage attempts could begin."
:
: Does anyone recall anything about this, from the early 197
: 0's or late
: 60's e.g. date and location?"