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Re: The Hampden, part 1 (long)
Posted by Elliott on Thu Nov 29, 2001 07:27:04 AM
In reply top Re: The Hampden, part 1 (long) posted by Christer on Thu Nov 29, 2001 06:21:56 AM
Only two Hampdens came down in Sweden on the ferry flight to Murmansk (I think they were heading to Vaegna from memory). The Hampden at East Kirkby is AE345. Both aircraft are mentioned in 'Making for Sweden'.
Last I heard a British group were going to recover the remains of the other one at Arvestutor witht he aid of the Swedes. It didn't come down in a lake, it was a swamp.
T he other one is noted in 'Making for and : You?re welcome!
: On another swedish forum two guys were discussing this cra
: sh site and one told the other to bring his survival kit i
: f he was planning to go there.
: There are logging roads (is that the expression for a road
: mainly used to transport timber?) and at the end of the n
: earest one you only have an eight hour walk ahead of you.
: He also mentioned peat bogs, marshland, dense forestation
: and mosquitos big as hellacopters (a helicopter from hell)
: .