Its probably been seen by a lot of you before but the photo's of a Lanc rotting on a Pacific island, and the work done so far always amazes me
Richard Woods.
Thanks for the link. I used google to translate from the French and read with some trepidation the following extract from the report:
"The first of three teams arrived at Wallis in May 1984...the only big encountered problem were the giant wasps which had selected residence in the Lancaster and did not want to see it leaving..."
Being one of the Air Nauru 737 pilots that visited the Lancaster in the scrub at the end of the runway circa 1978-83, I never saw these giant wasps, thank goodness. The locals who lived in the area swore that ghostly spirits lived in the Lanc. Depending how big these bloody wasps were, they might have been mistaken for spirits especially as the local brew was very potent
