Originally Posted by
Asturias56
There was a war on, planes crashed every day - it's very hard to say but there were more important things to do at the time. If the bodies were easily found they did it but no investment of time and kit for a wide search or a deep dig
Plus they just didn't have the equipment then that is available today. I was on one dig where we recoverd 4 radial engines, not very deep, but in marshy ground. Easy with a tracked hymac.