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Look what they found in Chino...

Posted by bdk on Sun Mar 16, 2003 10:15:35 PM

In reply top Re: Buried Lancasters in Canada (?) posted by peter on Sun Mar 16, 2003 09:34:05 PM

And that was under some new taxiway construction adjacent to the runway. There never were rumors of entire airplanes though seeing that Chino (Cal Aero Field) was a site where they smelted aircraft. There are rumors of crated Allisons buried at Chino though.

: Lots o f rumors persist about buried lancasters out west.
: In fact one of the old bcatp bases where lancs were scrapp
: ed was investigated years ago and some small parts were du
: g up including junction boxes and lots of burnt aluminum a
: nd wooden remains from the number of ansons scrapped also.
: Someone even found a pilots harness from a lanc by accide
: ntally kicking it with their foot.
: Always follow up on any leads of buried aircraft be the
: y in canada.. uk or somewhere else. You may find out that
: the story is just that but it may also prove true as well
: who knows unless you find out right???
: If the lancs were buried under what is now a runway then
: there will be very little if no chance of finding out wha
: t lies there unless they intend to rip up the runways...?

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