Buried aircraft

The fantasy is less of burying during a hasty retreat and more of burning, with the aitfields new owners burying the wreck.

The fuel used in these aircraft was quite useful in ensuring abandoned aircraft were reduced to rubbish and having them buried during a hasty retreat is the stuff of fantasy. Just look at the many photos of abandoned RAF landing grounds in France.

John

He wishes! But then again, owning a fabric-winged Hurricane is quite Rock and Roll, I guess.

Elements of Paul Rogers’ Hurricane…

The singer out of Bad Company? 😀

There was a Fairy Battle buried near the rubbish tip a Kempsey, NSW. A few years ago there was some efforts to do some digging but haven’t heard anymore since.

Elements of Paul Rogers’ Hurricane at Gransden are from one left in a ditch during the retreat from France. It was Paul’s father, an 87 Squadron fitter at the time, who remembered exactly where they’d left it.

There must be many of these buried-aircraft-places. Nearby Schiphol has a few pits which apparently were filled in with the remains of the May 1940 bombardments. Interesting mix of aircraft (parts) and UXB’s. Nobody has dug them yet, understandably!

Hahahahaha !!!!

Those expecting to be engaged in fruitful exhumations would do well to remember that this very picturesque area of Scotland is noted for the frequency with which it occurs and the duration of very dense Scotch Mist.

It is reported that in keeping with the general theme, the WW2 anti fog device known as FIDO might be resuscitated using the readily available and nearby quantities of Scotch Oil as the combusitble agent.

In keeping with the spirit of all things Scotch, and my Northern ancestry on the maternal side, I’m more than ready for a Highland Fling.

Even more buried at Eaglescliffe……..

I must wonder how many aircraft of the BEF were pushed into a hole and burned by the retreating RAF and later covered by the Germans. People engaged in the military manoeuvre known as “headlong flight” often leave equipment behind.