BBC 1 "Inside Out "19:30 hrs. Mon January 11th

Looking on the BBC website i’m guessing that this is the East edition of the programme judging by the presenters name but it’s only showing the programme to be on one subject tonight, the snow.
So is this still on or has it been postponed ?

As a reminder you can also view regional BBC programmes via Sky.

Channel 980 is BBC 1 East Midlands

Channel 981 is BBC 1 (East)

The other regional channels run from 971-992

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/info/channels_sky.shtml

The metal detector piece will be shown tonight on BBC One (Cambridgeshire, East Only)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pxmrw

‘Today, 19:30 on BBC One (Cambridgeshire, East only)’

http://www.usaaf.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=481&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

TJ

Would love to see this segment on DVD

BlueNoser352 here:

I know from talking to many Eighth AF vets over the years as the Yanks pulled out of many of their bases…many items that could not carried back or given or sold to locals was dumped in pits on the local air base…so its logical if some sort of past historical records..maps..interviews with veterans of these 8th 9th airbases…..perhaps if the land is still undeveloped….you might strike pay dirt. Of course legal matters need to be settled before any project is under taken. Having been to Bodney…home of the famed 352nd……no telling what is beneath that soil…but I believe its under control of the MOD.

Maybe some one could record this segment & put it up on Youtube for all to see ! Love those Time Team sorts of programs..where one digs at historical sites..battlefields etc. The Spitfire dig in France was one of my favorite shows ……great program ! We get some of these programs perhaps 6 months to a year later on our version of The History Channel, Discovery.etc !!!! Remember the hunt for Wing Commander Douglas Baders Spitfire that crashed in France….excellent program. Hope someone will report here on the program and what they found….Maybe a fine member can record this segment & put it up on Youtube……………. a kind request from the colonies!

Hope its warming up over there !!!!!!

BlueNoser352!

Just checked the BBC Inside Out website and it looks go for launch ! on the airfield dig in addition to the snow feature. 😎

Sagethe Owl,

Yes it is on the Look East region and I hope they haven’t gone and changed it !
If so watch out for future programmes ,I’am only the messenger . 🙂

Interesting piece – but it was quite clear that despite the preamble, suggesting that the USAAF buried a lot of surplus stuff, what was recovered was a rubbish tip.

I would be interested to know if they recovered anything other than ‘rubbish’. Clearly, one mans rubbish, is, 65 years on of more than passing interest to enthusiasts, but what else is there to find? Anyone?

Bruce

Should have stayed for the violins……sadly no jeeps or A/C engines (as hoped for by the diggers)

Yes you missed it that came on after, thats when i turned it off.!

Did I miss it? I turned on five mins ago and it was all about violin making…:confused:

Those pictures were on here some time back i seem to remember did sally B get any parts?

Quite a nice haul there. So where did it all go ?

For those with BBC i-player….

Post number 128 of this site: http://www.usaaf.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=481&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=70 offers a link to BBC i-player: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0071mjk

Bit on AiX too – http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?t=3450

Interesting piece – but it was quite clear that despite the preamble, suggesting that the USAAF buried a lot of surplus stuff, what was recovered was a rubbish tip.

I would be interested to know if they recovered anything other than ‘rubbish’. Clearly, one mans rubbish, is, 65 years on of more than passing interest to enthusiasts, but what else is there to find? Anyone?

Bruce

Bruce, I wanted to comment on your posting in respect to the excavation site being a ‘rubbish tip’. I’m not sure where you sourced your information from or were you one of the team members that was present on the dig?

On a point of accuracy the site covers many acres & there were only two trenches cut in the weekend operation as the team were saturated with many tons of buried parts. At no time as far as I am aware did the team encounter any evidence of a ‘rubbish tip’. 90% of the items recovered were identifiable aircraft parts, the team still don’t know what remains buried on the site until further excavations are made.

From the information I have it would appear certain areas of the site were used to dispose of specific parts. It has since been discovered that the site was used a secondary scrapping site for the 53 MU who were in overall control of Rushall Airfield where the 2nd & 3rd Air Divisions took all cat E aircraft for parts recycling & re-issue.

The story of buried Jeeps & Aircraft engines has been propagated & embellished since the USAAF departed & was principally the reason why the dig was undertaken, I don’t think anyone in that team believed for a fleeting moment they were going to uncover such items but were motivated to do so purely to dispel those myths & prove to the contrary.

The website www.usaaf.co.uk site clearly illustrates just a small percentage of what was actually found in greater detail & it was unrealistic to think a 10 minute program could ever give the viewer anymore than just a taste of what really took place over that weekend & to draw a conclusion that the site was just a ‘rubbish tip’ without actually having any knowledge of:

i.)the history of the site
ii.) the dig in its entirety
iii.) or contact with any members of the team who dug the site

to get an exclusive account before making such a posting is quite insulting to those team members who worked incredibly hard to try & uncover the truth behind these legendary aviation dumping grounds that we have heard so much about.

Disappointing to read such a negative & dismissive response to the first real well organised, thorough & privately funded investigation into this aspect of aviation archaeology.

Very Interesting point – that you finally managed to put these fanciful stories to rest! There are many similar stories concerning sites in the Lancashire area, usually involving Harley Davidson motorcycles being buried – “straight out of their crates” 😮 I have to say it is probably one of the reasons I have not really got involved in this area of aviation archaeology – as the stories seem to have become so widely circulated, that as soon as you mention any interest in a site, it is assumed that is what you are after and there must be a substantial financial motive for what you want to do – which makes any negotiations with landowners somewhat difficult to say the least! 🙁

No, you misunderstand my point – it is not meant to denigrate what has been done at all.

All I am suggesting is that the reason that the stuff was buried is that it was considered ‘rubbish’ at the time, not that you have wasted your time digging up rubbish! The problem with this sort of communication is that it is too easy to take things in a way other than that which was intended.

My point was merely that as the stuff was disposed of – effectively as landfill, that it was considered as unusable, and not worth returning to the states. The lack of complete engines, jeeps etc (so far!) reinforces that. We have yet to see evidence of equipment buried that would have been suitable for further use. We all know the stories; there are a few such round here too!

I am not dismissing what has been achieved in any way – I’d be more than happy to find such stuff, although much of it is now without any context except to say that is/was once part of a WW2 aircraft.

Bruce