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Re: French Corsairs Help

Posted by Ron Henry on Tue Feb 11, 2003 06:14:27 AM

In reply top French Corsairs Help posted by Rob Rohr on Mon Feb 10, 2003 08:39:52 AM

: Hi All,
:
: Last night I was going through some of the French Corsair
: Squadron Historys and I came across this listing.
:
: Two F4U-7 assign to 10s Flight lost when the Fre' Jus-Malp
: asset Dam broke on 12/2/59. These aircraft were part of th
: e CEPA(Aeronautical Practical Studies Commission).
:
: Well my question is does any one know were this dam is loc
: ated because neither of the Corsairs were recovered after
: the dam swept them down river.
:
: Thanks in advance for any information.
:
: Cheers Rob


I visited Frejus Aeronavale base to look over the fence - oh, some 40 yrs ago!

It's near-coastal, so the Corsairs may have been swept into the Mediterranean. I had my camera with me and was able to get a picture of (from memory) an Avenger standing near the fence. There were a couple of large wrecks, probably Lancaster(s) and/or a York some distance inside the base. I photographed those also, but, in those pre-telephoto lens days, the phots were disappointing! I've still got the photos (35 mm slides) somewhere and will dig them out sometime.

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