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PAXboy
10th Oct 2012, 16:44
I could not find a reference to this in the forum, if already here, Then let me know and I'll delete this.
No a/c number but a photo shows it was called: "Spirit of Russia"
Lancaster Bomber remains found 68 years after D-Day crash - Yahoo! News UK (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/lancaster-bomber-remains-found-68-years-after-d-day-crash.html;_ylt=AqFROm3AUCwgsuhErJDln8jEfMl_;_ylu=X3oDMTFwZD R1ZGhiBG1pdANvbmx5IG9uIHlhaG9vIDE1MDMyMDEyBHBvcwMyBHNlYwNNZW RpYUVkaXRvclBpY2tzVGVtcA--;_ylg=X3oDMTJsMG4yM2I5BGludGwDZ2IEbGFuZwNlbi1nYgRwc3RhaWQDYz E0NzBjNDAtOGY0Zi0zYjhlLTkzZTQtNGU1ZWY3MjViYTk1BHBzdGNhdAN1aw RwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2U-;_ylv=3)
DaveReidUK
10th Oct 2012, 18:27
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/496960-missing-lancaster.html
Cubs2jets
10th Oct 2012, 23:47
Those French sure are clever. Where do you hide something the size of a Lancaster for 58 years? Do tell.
C2j
sisemen
11th Oct 2012, 01:03
A fairly long way underground which is where it came to rest after reaching almost terminal velocity in its plunge earthwards with 7 young men on board - that's where they hid it smartarse. :ugh:
Anybody know whereabouts in Normandy the Lanc was found?
waveskimmer
20th Oct 2012, 14:40
SKUA
Between Carentan and Cherbourg I believe
NeoFit
20th Oct 2012, 14:55
Hello,
It sems to be near CARENTAN (GooleMaps search: '50500 Carentan France')
A french link is available here (http://www.dday-overlord.com/forum/decouverte-epave-lancaster-739-t7045.html) ( 10 Oct, 19:39 post)
Hope this help.
fauteuil volant
20th Oct 2012, 18:15
Is this the same Lancaster as has been discussed extensively at Lancaster recovery in Normandy - Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums (http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=119712) - particularly by reference to the curious absence of human remains, despite three excavations of the site!
l.garey
25th Oct 2012, 06:49
Yes, it's that one. The commune is in fact Brucheville.
fauteuil volant
25th Oct 2012, 11:31
This just doesn't make sense to me. Those who excavated this crash site seem to be able to find a gold ring but no trace of the finger on which, presumably, it was!
l.garey
25th Oct 2012, 12:30
No, it doesn't make sense. There must be (or have been) human remains in that aircraft. Perhaps not out on the wing where the latest excavation seems to have taken place, but in earlier digs around the cockpit area and rear turret. The sad story has been discussed at length at:
Lancaster recovery in Normandy - Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums (http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=119712)