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Excellent work, a well earned bath I think!

Posted by Tony C on Sat Aug 16, 2003 01:36:56 PM

In reply top Halifax JB803 recovery updated posted by Cees Broere on Sat Aug 16, 2003 08:29:07 AM

looking forward to seeing the pictures.

Tony

: Hi all,
:
: Just got back tired and muddy but very happy.
:
: Today we recovered the last remains of Halifax JB803 from
: a meadow in Muiden to the east of Amsterdam. The investiga
: tion last saturday proved to be positive and that was conf
: irmed today with a wealth of wreckage recovered.
:
: We recovered among other things: A very complete Merlin XX
: in excellent condition, remains of three radiators and r
: emains of wooden Rotol prop blades, fire extinguisher, par
: ts of mainspar and wingstructure in extremely good conditi
: on, two undercarriage legs, one of the enormous bridge str
: uctures to which the undercarriage and engine are attached
: an enormous amount of engine accessories and fittings etc
: , brake bags, remains of three SBC's (small bomb container
: s) some with incendiaires still inside, and some smoke was
: apparent coming out of the ground.
:
: All in all a very very rewarding recovery and all this wil
: l be put on display at our museum after cleaning. I will s
: end some of the photo's to Paul Millan to be put on websho
: ts soon.
:
: Cheers
:
: Cees

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