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Re: Aussie A bomb - RAF Swifts in Atomic tests
Posted by Alan on Sat Feb 07, 2004 05:44:09 AM
In reply top Aussie A bomb - RAF Swifts in Atomic tests posted by John Parker on Wed Feb 04, 2004 05:41:02 PM
Maralinga Supermarine Swifts were, I believe, WK199, 215, 216, 217, 221 and 239.
The remains were reputedly buried in the crater created by the Marcoo test at Maralinga (4 October 1956).
Engine was removed from one of the Swifts for return to the UK for analysis. No confirmation that this actually happened.
As a result of the atomic test, the fuselages of WK 199 and 215 were broken with the fuselage on WK 215, aft of the wing trailing edge, almost completely severed.
Alan