Malta Wrecks

My father told me a stroy that a number of aircraft were buried in a quarry or hole at the edge of Hal Far airfield, close to the see. Not sure what they were, or if they are still there?

Malta Seafires

In November I was speaking to a former FAA Seafire pilot.
He recalled scrapping Seafires in Malta by starting them up and allowing them to trundle off a cliff.
Brand new seafires, still in crates were dumped at sea.
Makes you want to weep!

Also when I was out there the curator of the museum, ‘Joe’ said that there were quite a few naval wrecks off the coast at Hal Far bu I cannot remember the types. He also said there was a Mosquito out there sometimes and known only by local divers however I imagine not much would remain.

Bristol Blenhiem

There are pictures of a Blenhiem in a diving book which is on sale on the island. Looks in quite good condition.

I’ve found a few pictures on the net however the book on Malta shows much more including the cockpit area complete with seat and pilots controls.

http://www.divernet.com/data/archive/wrecks/pics/408_med_aircraft_blenheim2.jpg

The link below shows a picture of a Bristol Beaufighter also located within Maltease waters.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_E_wqc37aSi4/Rnbb1ZUGs3I/AAAAAAAAAo0/_fboMePMmDM/IMG_1341_bw_usm_150_2-5.jpg

When i was at the Malta Air Museum 7 years ago, one of the staff said they would like to rebuild an Italian aircraft. But i guess they havent found one in good enough condition yet.

Dave