Wellington wreckage found?

also that metal cylinder thing is from a sonobuoy for detecting submarines dropped by a shackleton or nimrod

Some more parts?

I recognise the 3rd item, its one of those parachute things the army or RAF used at that beach when they did training back in the 70s I find heaps of fuses from those and the container in your photograph it should have a string pulley thing in it

part numbers on geodetic…Wellington

Looks like …..W or N or V 299……507 79 662 0r062 VP63 in circle…..40607 / 25…… to me. Off of the piece of geodetic in post15

ZL 6236 G 174084 7 22 see post 22

Hi Roy – what are the other numbers on the AW part?

AW46G in circle ……..the A is very faint

To me the last item in post 18 looks more like the remains of an Anti-G Suit.

Are these part numbers Wellington

Can’t see any Wellington numbers on those bits. One looks like it might have an ‘AW’ inspectors stamp (the ‘A’ is missing). Worth remembering that at least one Whitley was lost in Spey Bay. If you find any SP or AW prefixed parts they’ll be Whitley.

W460 = Warwick III

Would make sense with the geodetics

What’s the item in picture 3 in post 18? It looks like an immersion suit to me. Certainly not from the Wellington wreck, more like it’s been dumped at sea or washed overboard though the dark green colour does indicate it’s an aircrew suit.

Post 20, picture 2 looks like a brake chute pack, or similar. Perhaps that and the immersion suit are u/s equipment from the airfield dumped in the sea in the 1970’s or 80’s.

Anon.

Are these part numbers Wellington

I think picture 2 above is the cover for a portable oxy bottle.

My got Vickers were ahead of their times with a Smart Phone !

1st item post 18 is bakelite.

I’ve seen very similar items to your first photo in post 18 cast in plastic or bakelite. It could be the base of an old telephone. Never seen one in iron, though.

Some more bits on the beach are they aircraft related ? Also found 1943 marked spent 20mm shell cases

Agreed m3bobby. Walk on the beach tonight old boy?

Some more parts?

Hi,

The only way for sea recovered parts is to register them with the Receiver of Wreck within 28 days before you become a looter.

The R of W will then seek the owner for you – you are no longer part of the process so you will be wasting your time in contacting MoD.

Even the RAFM will need to declare the Dornier to the RoW to keep the paperwork straight.

R3151 of one of the losses in the area

The RNLI Record of Service is:
MAY 17TH. – BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
A British aeroplane was reported to have crashed, but nothing was found except wreckage. – Rewards, £2 13s.

At roughly 14:30 hrs the Wellington was seen going into the waters off Spey Bay, 4 miles north north east of Buckie.
Source RNLI Record of Service 1939-46.

Attached is a copy of the Form 1180 for the crash which includes to only really link detail of engine numbers.
Copy right RAF Museum.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]217484[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]217485[/ATTACH]

The No.20 OTU ORB is held at Kew, London AIR 29/664 but this is one page summary for the month and does not list anything for crashes.

Regards
Ross

Thanks Ross, I’ll get it registered.

All the above advice is for aircraft wrecks on land.

For aircraft parts from the sea a much older procedure is needed to prevent you becoming an illegal looter.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/mca/mcga07-home/emergencyresponse/mcga-receiverofwreck.htm

Ross