Found a Buffalo LVT (1 Viewer)

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They have found a Buffalo LVT buried 30ft (9m) underground for the past 74 years has been unearthed by volunteers.The Buffalo LVT was brought in to provide flood defences around Crowland, in Lincolnshire, in 1947, but was swept away and sank into a hole. A team of volunteers spent five days excavating the vehicle and now hope to restore it and put it on display. Daniel Abbott, chairman of the Crowland Buffalo LVT group, said he was "overwhelmed" and "over the moon". The amphibious vehicle was one of 16 deployed to protect the town in March 1947 after floods caused the nearby River Welland to burst its banks However, as the flood waters were pumped back, five of the 26ft-long vehicles floated away. One was later recovered, two sank in fishing pits and two sank into a hole.


Crowland WWII tank recovered after 74 years underground - BBC News

 

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They have found a Buffalo LVT buried 30ft (9m) underground for the past 74 years has been unearthed by volunteers.The Buffalo LVT was brought in to provide flood defences around Crowland, in Lincolnshire, in 1947, but was swept away and sank into a hole. A team of volunteers spent five days excavating the vehicle and now hope to restore it and put it on display. Daniel Abbott, chairman of the Crowland Buffalo LVT group, said he was "overwhelmed" and "over the moon". The amphibious vehicle was one of 16 deployed to protect the town in March 1947 after floods caused the nearby River Welland to burst its banks However, as the flood waters were pumped back, five of the 26ft-long vehicles floated away. One was later recovered, two sank in fishing pits and two sank into a hole.


Crowland WWII tank recovered after 74 years underground - BBC News

thank for sharing mate

 

[Larry Allen]

Interesting find.
I wonder how the searchers were able to locate the LVT since it was 30ft down?

Thanks!

---LaRRy