Found after 70 years in Desert (1 Viewer)

[Rob]

http://xmb.stuffucanuse.com/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=8235

 

[Mitch]

What a find. Thats a job I would like hunting for WWII relics
Mitch

 

[Rob]

What a find. Thats a job I would like hunting for WWII relics
Mitch

Not half Mitch! Bombers in the Thames, Fighters in the Desert and pulling T34's from Russian rivers, so much stuff out there and what an interesting job. Where do I sign up!:wink2:

Rob

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Not half Mitch! Bombers in the Thames, Fighters in the Desert and pulling T34's from Russian rivers, so much stuff out there and what an interesting job. Where do I sign up!:wink2:

Rob

Incredible thread, Thanks for posting ! Amazing what the sands of time can bury.

 

[uksubs]

Great link , you would think after all these you could find it in that condition, thank for sharing it with use

 

[lancer]

Very neat story, with lots of good photos. Incredible what survives in harsh enviornments. -- Al

 

[Terp152]

Perfect timing with the pending release of the KC desert P40.
Chris

 

[johnnybach]

Just amazed that after 70 years, what's left is in such good nick! Hope it gets restored well enough to fly again. jb

 

[Rob]

Guys here's another War relic found decades after the War in the Desert in the 70's. They put oil in her,changed the spark plugs and yep she started, all those years later.

Rob

 

[Louis Badolato]

Guys here's another War relic found decades after the War in the Desert in the 70's. They put oil in her,changed the spark plugs and yep she started, all those years later.

Rob

She's rusted up in your British fog . . . when I saw her back in the late 1990's, she had been sandblasted by the desert until she shined like crome.

 

[Rob]

She's rusted up in your British fog . . . when I saw her back in the late 1990's, she had been sandblasted by the desert until she shined like crome.

Yes she looks a bit sorry for herself , I think she may be one of the exhibits that gets renovated next year when the museum is closed.

Rob

 

[TomNT]

Interesting thread Rob and i reckon there are more WWII relics buried in the sand dunes of North Africa that are yet to be found. They would be in reasonably good condition as well as the dry arid conditions are conducive for preserving items such as aircraft, tanks and vehicles. That's why they send all the de-commissioned aircraft to the aircraft boneyard in Tucson, Arizona.

There are also crashed WWII aircraft scattered around the northern parts of where i live as well (Northern Territory, Australia). Many have been found but unlike in the desert, they were not in very good nick. After numerous bushfires and wet seasons, most have rotted away to next to nothing. There are exceptions though as my dad told me a story about this bloke he used to work with before he retired in the late 80's that came across a crashed Bristol Beaufighter while he was out doing field work in the bush. Apparently the aircraft was still in reasonable condition and could have been restored. Sadly though i believe he didn't contact the authorities and i think it got cannibalised by other people over the years.

Tom

 

[ostrein]

Great thread. Thanks for sharing.

And you think in these days all secrets have been lifted and all places discovered.

Thanks
Oliver

 

[johnnybach]

If anybody hasn't already read a wonderful example of how dedicated people take great lengths to recover information, equipment and indeed - remains of lost personnel, - then do spare five minutes - and have a look at how an American bomber , "Lady be Good", was found in the Libyan desert, investigated and ultimately nearly all of the crew were found - over a period of years. Quite a fascinating and humbling story - and not just confined to the remains of the vehicles, interesting as they are. Just click on the link - I think it's truly, inspirational. jb

http://www.qmfound.com/lady_be_good_b-24_bomber_recovery.htm

 

[bromhead]

it was found over 20 years ago