Comments on: Welcome to the Aircraft Crash Sites at Sea project web pages http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/2007/10/03/welcome-to-the-aircraft-crash-sites-at-sea-project-web-pages/ A Wessex Archaeology project Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:12:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James King http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/2007/10/03/welcome-to-the-aircraft-crash-sites-at-sea-project-web-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-6 James King Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:36:57 +0000 http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/2007/10/03/welcome-to-the-aircraft-crash-sites-at-sea-project-web-pages/#comment-6 There are also one - possibly up to three, Sunderland Flying Boats in Lake Windermere, Cumbria. At least one is considered very complete. Some years ago I was also told by an ex-RAF engineer that there were "at least a couple" of Sunderlands/Catalinas sunk during & just after the war off the cost of Northern Ireland. I have no better details of locations though. There are also one – possibly up to three, Sunderland Flying Boats in Lake Windermere, Cumbria. At least one is considered very complete.

Some years ago I was also told by an ex-RAF engineer that there were “at least a couple” of Sunderlands/Catalinas sunk during & just after the war off the cost of Northern Ireland. I have no better details of locations though.

]]> By: Graham Scott http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/2007/10/03/welcome-to-the-aircraft-crash-sites-at-sea-project-web-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Graham Scott Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:43:56 +0000 http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/2007/10/03/welcome-to-the-aircraft-crash-sites-at-sea-project-web-pages/#comment-4 Researcher Ross McNeill has suggested that this may be Sunderland Mk.III, ML883 of No.423 Sqn, which sank at its mooring in a gale on 17 December 1944. However he says that the mooring team was quite good at clearing the buoys and that it appears that the aircraft was quickly salvaged for scrap. Ross says that two other Sunderlands are recorded as having been lost in the vicinity. Neither sank at its moorings. One broke up after hitting the sea in a turn off Calshot in 1946. Perhaps this could be the aircraft on the seabed? Researcher Ross McNeill has suggested that this may be Sunderland Mk.III, ML883 of No.423 Sqn, which sank at its mooring in a gale on 17 December 1944. However he says that the mooring team was quite good at clearing the buoys and that it appears that the aircraft was quickly salvaged for scrap.

Ross says that two other Sunderlands are recorded as having been lost in the vicinity. Neither sank at its moorings. One broke up after hitting the sea in a turn off Calshot in 1946. Perhaps this could be the aircraft on the seabed?

]]> By: Richard Reeves http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/2007/10/03/welcome-to-the-aircraft-crash-sites-at-sea-project-web-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Richard Reeves Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:03:21 +0000 http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/2007/10/03/welcome-to-the-aircraft-crash-sites-at-sea-project-web-pages/#comment-3 There is as far as I am aware still a complete Sunderland Flyingboat on the seabed off Calshot Spit, where it sank on it's mooring during bad weather, I believe it's tail was broken off as it was considered a danger to shipping. There is as far as I am aware still a complete Sunderland Flyingboat on the seabed off Calshot Spit, where it sank on it’s mooring during bad weather, I believe it’s tail was broken off as it was considered a danger to shipping.

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