RAF P51 Mustang Recovery

Wind, mud and serious horizontal rain but still a great day.

Looks like all the misery of the weather was soon forgotten when that prop appeared.Cheers for sharing with us mate.

EN830,

I take your point totally but as one who has visited many crash sites and indeed visited many many gravesides and had conversation with those left behind both surviving crew and relatives the word of the moment is indeed enjoy.

Enjoy the site, the photos, the fact that we actually managed to do the recovery and all this done while knowing we had the proper procedures in place and the blessing of the pilots brother to do the dig.

The Pilot was killed in this accident but if we do not recover the remains of these aircraft and display such rare and historic parts in the museum then someone who doesnt care will come along and take the part and use them for financial gain which is not our policy. In fact that weekend cost everyone who visited the site money. We share the costs.

sorry if I went off topic but just trying to make my point of enjoying the whole experiance.

regards scott

Well done to all involved..Nice to see ,once again, voluntary non-profit oriented work such as this..

keep up the good work!!!!

Hi Elliot,

can you tell me exactly which photo you were looking at that were camera magazine remain. I am thinking you meant the one with the geodetic piece.

Nice pics & an interesting website Merlin

Just thought i’d mention that the magazine remains on the wellington section are actually from the camera film magazine.

Looking forward to seeing more pics!

Thought some of you might like a look at the recovery pictures of a mark 1 mustang taken at the weekend.

www.acia.co.uk and click latest news. there are three pages of pics.

enjoy.

EN830,

I take your point totally but as one who has visited many crash sites and indeed visited many many gravesides and had conversation with those left behind both surviving crew and relatives the word of the moment is indeed enjoy.

Enjoy the site, the photos, the fact that we actually managed to do the recovery and all this done while knowing we had the proper procedures in place and the blessing of the pilots brother to do the dig.

The Pilot was killed in this accident but if we do not recover the remains of these aircraft and display such rare and historic parts in the museum then someone who doesnt care will come along and take the part and use them for finacial gain which is not our policy. In fact that weekend cost everyone who visited the site money. We share the costs.

sorry if I went off topic but just trying to make my point of enjoying the whole experiance.

regards scott

Hear, hear.

Thanks for the post, Merlin. Good stuff.

Great site, we want more

Cheers

Cees

You can still enjoy the photos though, cant you ?.

Hear, hear.

Thanks for the post, Merlin. Good stuff.

You can still enjoy the photos though, cant you ?.

An interesting site Merlin3945, the condition of the two prop blades and reduction gear from the Mustang is incredible.

I would say “enjoy” is not a word I would choose when advertising a website feature the remains of crashed aircraft, some of which took lives.