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The wreck has re emerged…

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The wreck has re emerged over the Bank Holiday weekend and received much publicity which is not good. The wreck to to the South west of the fort but Haille sands is notoriously difficult and dangerous to reach with a shallow creek to cross to get to it. Once the tide turns that creek fills up rapidly, the only way out is to head for Tetney marshes where there are hidden pockets of quicksands en route. In short if you value your life dont go there.

Re the tallboy bomb, I discovered the remains of this on the marsh in the late 1960s  deep in a gully, it was only the rear of the bomb not the warhead which would have probably have sunk very deep into the mud . It appeared to be constructed of plywood and was rotting away. One of 617 Sqdns  Lancasters did land North Coates whilst operating off the nearby Theddletthorpe bombing range and I understand that was in connection with the loss of a practice Talllboy although there is no mention in the 617 ORB or the North Coates ORB There was also a Beaufighter undercarriage leg and wheel not far away