Some years ago Flypast ran a story “with photo’s” of a steel tube fuselage & wing frames etc that had been found on an island in the far east, they were said to be from either a Fairey Swordfish or 111F, The person who found them, offered them for sale, does anyone know what became of them ?.
Mark.
By: chippie51 - 12th January 2011 at 20:56
Sri Lanka Swordfish remains
It was, if I recall correctly, a gentleman by the name of John Parker of Bognor Regis. It would have been about 1983, Cripes, that long ago? Now I’m feeling old.
G
By: G-ASEA - 12th January 2011 at 20:11
There was anothe story of an Albcore found in the jungle with the remains of the its crew. It was to be recovered by the FAA museum? What happend to that.
Dave
By: David Burke - 12th January 2011 at 19:41
If memory serves me right it was a Swordfish in a scrapyard in Sri Lanka. I remember the article well -I will guess at 1983.
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