Halifax II wreckage found off the coast of Sweden.

Thought some might find this interesting.

News today is reporting that a Halifax bomber has been found off the coast of Sweden near Skanör-Falsterbo on the south west tip of Sweden. It’s been know for a while but kept secret until now.

http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/stortat-bombplan-holls-hemligt_6791929.svd

Quick translation:

A crashed British bomber was found last summer in the sea off Skanör-Falsterbo. The discovery was kept secret until now and will now be analysed, writes City Malmo.

It was last summer that the remnants of the British bomber were found by chance. As part of a cooperative marine biology project led by Lund University, Coast Guard vessels taking part came across the object on the sea floor about 10km from the Kämpinge Gulf coast.

The aircraft’s ammunition is considered highly dangerous and could potentially explode. The discovery kept secret so as not to attract the curious sport divers to the site.

“It’s not just a case of diving down and recovering finds”, says Håkan Cronholm of the 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla to City Malmo.

The Armed Forces will now analyse the wreck to determine how to proceed in order to destroy the ammunition.

The plane is believed to be a Halifax bomber that crashed during World War II. The pilot was the last to leave the plane and landed, according to history books, with his parachute on top of a cow in Esarp.

Apparently it’s in bad shape. It went in hard and is basically a pile of scrap down at about 15m. In general layout they worked out it was an old 4 engine aircraft with wooden propellers. It’s said they found some film (or a film canister) with English text which gave away the nationality of the aircraft.

They believe it may of been one that reportedly went down on August 3rd 1943 after being hit by lightning after a raid on Germany.