Can anyone shed any light on progress to repatriate the remains of 617 squadron ‘Easy Elsie’?
The facebook page has not been updated since early 2015.
https://www.facebook.com/elsie617/
By: richw_82 - 22nd November 2016 at 14:53
Bring it back why?
It looks very impressive in it’s current setting and is cared for by the local people.
If it is all brought back it will look like a pile of scrap and if there is no funding in place to display and re-assemble it on a framework (10,000 sq. ft. ideally indoors!) then it might be seen and appreciated by fewer people than enjoy it now.
The locals I’ve spoke to are worried that it isn’t being cared for and that since being on a prominent TV documentary has been raided pretty badly. Canopy frame, turret frame, and numerous other parts have gone with many ending up on ebay.
Given that theres no legal protection of NF920 a recovery of what is the last 617 Sqn Lancaster seems the sensible option to preserve all or some of what remains.
By: Trolly Aux - 22nd November 2016 at 14:16
Well you do not need 10’000 sq foot to bring it back and store it, I have a barn big enough if it was needed in the UK to store it for a while.
By: smirky - 22nd November 2016 at 14:01
Bring it back why?
It looks very impressive in it’s current setting and is cared for by the local people.
If it is all brought back it will look like a pile of scrap and if there is no funding in place to display and re-assemble it on a framework (10,000 sq. ft. ideally indoors!) then it might be seen and appreciated by fewer people than enjoy it now.
By: CeBro - 22nd November 2016 at 13:34
Strange that the Swedish museum recovered the tail only to have it returned years later.
By: richw_82 - 22nd November 2016 at 12:14
No progress, the waiting is mainly from the MOD side. I’m making some enquiries at the moment as several of us feel its time for another go at getting her home.
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November 22, 2016 at 11:52 am