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Re: Cees, u are such a gentleman........
Posted by Cees Broere on Sat Dec 29, 2001 04:14:55 PM
In reply top Cees, u are such a gentleman........ posted by Tony on Sat Dec 29, 2001 11:53:29 AM
Tony,
I will look into this particular crash. About the Waddenzee:
This is the area between the mainland of Holland, including the afsluitdijk en friesland and Groningen and the Dutch isles (Texel, Ameland, Terschelling etc). This is a salt water sea because of the direct connection with the north sea. There are a lot of sandbanks as well and the area keeps changing regularly because of the currents.
A lot of aircraft came down in this area including the Do-215 which I mentioned some months ago (Mikael, I will send you the photographs in a few weeks time, I am a bit slow sometimes) Several reports about aircraft wreckage are known but investigation is difficult because one day the wreck is uncovered by sand and the following day it has slipped beneath the sand again. But there are some areas which are in use as nature reservations as well as for the seal population. Very few people are allowed to enter these areas, but some interesting finds are still to be made there.
However, unless the wreckage is buried beneath the sand then the state of preservation can be reasonable, but otherwise it is very corroded.
Cheers
Cees