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I think all the above negative comments are probably right; but with a Sunderland factory nearby, and as aforesaid the attraction of a forced landing onto the lake ( by any aircraft type ) compared to stuffing into the nearby hills seems a reasonable prospect, I would be surprised if there are not any aircraft down there"
I would be fairly surprised if there were any aircraft down there. I've been using side scan sonar on the Lake for nearly a year now and although I've found over 40 wrecks, none of these are aircraft (or parts of aircraft) and apart from the almost certainly incorrect local rumour about a sunken part-built Sunderland, there are no other stories about aircraft in the Lake. I can say with 100% confiidence that the area around White Cross Bay is aircraft free. The closest I've got to a Sunderland connection is the wreck below, which I suspect may be one of the Sunderland maintenance barges.
