solotk
22nd Jan 2002, 03:19
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A rough translation is....
Ossiachersee
At 501 meters above sea-level and with a maximum depth of 52 meters and not far from Villach.. .Ossiachersee is the third largest lake in the Kaerntens region of Austria.. .During the First World War a Cossack army was disarmed here and its armament dumped into the lake. Bayonet, sabres and daggers lie here in the mud. . .Ton way is still scattered the reason by shells, cannons, . .explosive, and, and, and. Leftover from the brown past, . .end of the Second World War. . ."A Spitfire rests here with its pilot on the lake bed". On approx. 16m a jeep is in the morastigem underground.
For reaching the most interesting dive sites, the . .borrowing of a rowboat is recommended.
I would like to identity this Spitfire, especially as it appears that the pilot still lies in the wreckage and he should be laid to rest in a proper manner, I am a bit annoyed that people can dive on this aircraft but have not seen fit to do anything about a body....
Anyway, the problem with this as far as the RAF goes is they do not get involved unless the relatives ask them to.. And to do that you need to know who the pilot is first..
Therefore the problem begins in dentifing the unit and the aircraft, I suppose we could take the view that to everyone EVERYTHING single engined is a Spitfire, EVERYTHING multi-engined is a Lancaster..
But I was wondering if anybody here knew of a missing Spitfire lost in Austria during (probably during the later stages of WW2? or soon after?) I have checked the post war records from August 1945 to Dec 1949 with no luck
Tony
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A rough translation is....
Ossiachersee
At 501 meters above sea-level and with a maximum depth of 52 meters and not far from Villach.. .Ossiachersee is the third largest lake in the Kaerntens region of Austria.. .During the First World War a Cossack army was disarmed here and its armament dumped into the lake. Bayonet, sabres and daggers lie here in the mud. . .Ton way is still scattered the reason by shells, cannons, . .explosive, and, and, and. Leftover from the brown past, . .end of the Second World War. . ."A Spitfire rests here with its pilot on the lake bed". On approx. 16m a jeep is in the morastigem underground.
For reaching the most interesting dive sites, the . .borrowing of a rowboat is recommended.
I would like to identity this Spitfire, especially as it appears that the pilot still lies in the wreckage and he should be laid to rest in a proper manner, I am a bit annoyed that people can dive on this aircraft but have not seen fit to do anything about a body....
Anyway, the problem with this as far as the RAF goes is they do not get involved unless the relatives ask them to.. And to do that you need to know who the pilot is first..
Therefore the problem begins in dentifing the unit and the aircraft, I suppose we could take the view that to everyone EVERYTHING single engined is a Spitfire, EVERYTHING multi-engined is a Lancaster..
But I was wondering if anybody here knew of a missing Spitfire lost in Austria during (probably during the later stages of WW2? or soon after?) I have checked the post war records from August 1945 to Dec 1949 with no luck
Tony