Graham,

JN772 is off Dungeness, or to be more exact :-

“HSL178 sighted an aircraft crashing into sea, position 110 degrees Dungeness 2 miles and recovered pilot uninjured. 22:10.
AIR29/445″

In essence everything that went into the Channel is still there in some form or other.

In the same way that all other crashes on land, even those recovered at the time, have left fragments on the surface they struck even if it is just paint flakes.

What pieces that are left on land and underwater is what was not recovered at the time/later and are being reduced to elements by chemical corrosion/reaction.

For the more intact underwater and shoreline wreck to survive to present day requires a multitude of conditions to occur together and these usually only occur in a few localised areas off the UK coast.

The better question is what could still survive in x and y areas.

As an example look at the preservation state of fabric label on the Snorkel Parka from the Liberator, compared to the metal, in this special area of the Channel.

http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/marine/alsf/wrecks_seabed/round2rov/wa1001/b-24_wa1001_media.html

Regards
Ross

Hi Ross,

Thank you for your post very interesting and informative!

Wondy