RAF Pre-war flying boats recovered from lake circa 1950/60s

There is quite a lot of info about the flying boat hulls at Greatbottom Flash and Bawdsey Ferry in this thread

https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/89291-bawdsey-ferry-pre-ww2-flying-boat-hulls?page=0

Yep, works now, thank you Viscount. Reminds me of the wooden flying boat nose I used to pass on the way to school in Fareham, being used as a garden shed! It was rescued some time later but can’t remember where it ended up, maybe Solent Sky?

I have them, large and clear!

‘Image not found or was removed’ is all I get…

I have some b&w photos dating back to the early ’60s of flying boat fuselages at two locations.  These are in a collection kept by the late Don Stephens, who will have acquired these shots while the editor of the first two editions of ‘Wrecks & Relics’ in June 1961 and August 1963 (Ken Ellis’s first was edition 4 in 1974).  They may be of interest, the captions are as noted on the reverse of the prints.  Who supplied the prints has not been noted.

These two captioned: Great Bottom Flash, 10th September 1960

These three captioned: Bawdsey Ferry, 19th August 1961, and that the third shot is a different hull to the pair of photos above.

This one captioned: Southampton at Bawdsey Ferry, August 1962.

Added later on ‘edit’:

I checked my post 30 minutes after posting, and the small, expandable ‘thumb nails for forums’ were there and enlarged on a mouse click-over when instructed to.  Totally gone 12 hours later and replaced by a black block stating ‘image not found or removed’.  Have used ‘edit’ to insert, new re-generated image code, selecting ‘hotlink for forums’ this time (image opens up immediately on requesting the thread) and I’ll check in the morning!  “Fargo Boyle”, I hope the extra wait was worth it!

Entering images on this forum is a pain, as there is an extra step compared to all other forum I participate on.  Posted some 50 images via the same host on to another forum today without any issue.

Hi Adrian. Yeah, they have the remains of a Felixstowe F2A at East Kirkby. I’ll dig out and post some pics soon!

I’m pretty sure that East Kirkby has some fragmentary remains of a Felixstowe-type (ie big and wooden, sorry, there’s so much there that I can’t remember details!) flying boat?

There’s some good stuff available on the flyingboats of the Great Bottom Flash. Still researching them, would delighted to hear if anyone has any further updates.