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Old 16th Aug 2019, 21:24
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BluSdUp
 
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Under Power lines and bridges!

Just watched the Beaver video, Cool!
A bit to crowded for me , but then I am old and no balled!

With regards to the Spit under that bridge:
The RAF was on a bomb/ mine raid with a Twin into Karmsundet and Haugesund harbor during the War and was strafing some Nazi positions and got some heavy akk akk back, so he dropped to a few feet up Smedasundet down town Haugesund as they had problems shooting that low.
His plan was to pass under Risøy Bridge as it has 21 meters clearance under it.
A plan he quickly abandoned and pulled up into the bullet hail, as the Krauts had hung chains and wires down from the bridge. Just in case.
Ended up with some extra ventilation holes for his trip home over the North Sea.
Sorry , no video.
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CptB
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