Brand new Bombers flown into the sea??? Myth or reality?
A friend of my fathers was a Sergeant Pilot on Lancasters during the latter part of WW2.
He told my father ( and me ) that after VJ day he was given an assignment to fly Lancs from southern England and over the sea, where he would bail out and be picked up by rescue craft. The lancs then flew on until they eventually fell into the sea and disappeared forever,
He maintained that these were brand new aircraft fresh from the factory and that the Air Minisitry did this because it was cheaper to keep on producing them ( and dumping them ) than break the contract..
He insisted that dozens of them were disposed of this way.
Surely it would have been easier to break them up on land and use the components ( or maybe this would lead to too many embarrassing questions ).
Is this a myth?
Did it ever happen?
Please let me know your views