Norwegian diving opportunity

I would not like to dive those fjords they are seriously cold water.

And some are apparently over 150 ft deep does anyone know how deep these wrecks are ?

curlyboy

I was diving in the Cumbrian Lakes in December of last year and January to a similar depth. Mind you, there is probably a lot more glacial off wash in Norway but on one day in Ullswater we got to the water and the level had raised by a couple of feet overnight with no rain during the night.

Ali 😮

“It appears that debris and wreckage from this aircraft, and probably also from W1044 ZA-D which crashed nearby, was scattered over a wide area and also carried further afield by the currents in the fjords.”

I seriously doubt you would find very much. In addition, I don’t believe that the relatives of these aircraft would be very eager for any wreckage to be disturbed since there were a number of bodies never recovered from these two Halifaxes.

Regards
Linzee

PS: Cees, that photograph in your first post should be credited to the Flyvrak website should it not?

I did read that bit but there are four sites that are in the photo.

Ali

I would not like to dive those fjords they are seriously cold water.

And some are apparently over 150 ft deep does anyone know how deep these wrecks are ?

curlyboy

Looks like a Halifax instrument panel? Flt engineer??

Peter,

Yes looks very much like a Halifax panel but is in fact from a Fw200

Cees

Looks like a Halifax instrument panel? Flt engineer??

“It appears that debris and wreckage from this aircraft, and probably also from W1044 ZA-D which crashed nearby, was scattered over a wide area and also carried further afield by the currents in the fjords.”

I seriously doubt you would find very much. In addition, I don’t believe that the relatives of these aircraft would be very eager for any wreckage to be disturbed since there were a number of bodies never recovered from these two Halifaxes.

Regards
Linzee

PS: Cees, that photograph in your first post should be credited to the Flyvrak website should it not?

Hi Linzee,

Yes, I forgot about that when quoting the other pics but has been corrected now. Nice to see you on this forum again. The 57Rescue forum is a bit quiet at the moment.

Cees

“It appears that debris and wreckage from this aircraft, and probably also from W1044 ZA-D which crashed nearby, was scattered over a wide area and also carried further afield by the currents in the fjords.”

I seriously doubt you would find very much. In addition, I don’t believe that the relatives of these aircraft would be very eager for any wreckage to be disturbed since there were a number of bodies never recovered from these two Halifaxes.

Regards
Linzee

PS: Cees, that photograph in your first post should be credited to the Flyvrak website should it not?

How about this.

Fuglan Hemnfjord, Halifaxes II W1043 and W1044 both crashed in this fjord during one of the well known attacks on Tirpitz.

Cees

I did google this and was wondering if anyone had dived any of the four wrecks on this website.

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/archie_bombercommand/1043zaf3031.html

Ali

Cees,

Is that the Heinkel He 111H in Lake Grövelsjön?

Regards,

Jan

Forgive the daft question but what is the wreck? Halifax given the thread?

The parts are from an He111?

Most of it looks quite dry.

Ali

The parts are from an He111?

Some more

From the excellent Flyvrak site:
Showing sections from Heinkel III, Focke Wulf Kondor wings, Beaufighter rear fuselage and a Hampden undercarriage leg (would look nice under the East Kirkby Hampden).

Cees