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Re: Excellent work, a well earned bath I think!
Posted by Tim S on Sun Aug 17, 2003 02:51:10 PM
In reply top Excellent work, a well earned bath I think! posted by Tony C on Sat Aug 16, 2003 01:36:56 PM
: looking forward to seeing the pictures.
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: Tony
Of the bath???:)
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: : Hi all,
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: : Just got back tired and muddy but very happy.
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: : Today we recovered the last remains of Halifax JB803 fro
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: : a meadow in Muiden to the east of Amsterdam. The investi
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: : tion last saturday proved to be positive and that was co
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: : irmed today with a wealth of wreckage recovered.
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: : We recovered among other things: A very complete Merlin
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: : in excellent condition, remains of three radiators and
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: : emains of wooden Rotol prop blades, fire extinguisher, p
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: : ts of mainspar and wingstructure in extremely good condi
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: : on, two undercarriage legs, one of the enormous bridge s
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: : uctures to which the undercarriage and engine are attach
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: : an enormous amount of engine accessories and fittings e
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: : , brake bags, remains of three SBC's (small bomb contain
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: : s) some with incendiaires still inside, and some smoke w
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: : apparent coming out of the ground.
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: : All in all a very very rewarding recovery and all this w
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: : l be put on display at our museum after cleaning. I will
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: : end some of the photo's to Paul Millan to be put on webs
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: : ts soon.
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: : Cheers
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: : Cees