A probable Beaufort was found by divers in the lough in 1975 in about 60 feet of water. Subsequently it was ascertained that at least one did go missing over the Lough ,however was presumed to have gone down in a different part of the Lough to the airframe found. For various reasons further work was not pursued at the time. Anybody have any further information on this subject?
By: 25deg south - 29th April 2006 at 12:38
Thanks very much Ross for that. I spoke with the dive leader shortly after the initial discovery and he drew a typical Bristol Fin but a distinct step-down on the fuselage where the turret was. ( Initially I had thought it was a Halifax from other data but that was a bum steer)
We did follow up via Jack Bruce at RAFM and found documentation of a missing Beaufort – unfortunately with 3 crew, which was believed to be in the Lough and was never located by the salvage operators. They were looking in the wrong place if this was the same beast.
By: Ross_McNeill - 29th April 2006 at 12:25
The two Beauforts from No.5 OTU (AW311 and L4503) were recorded on the Form 1180s as being salvaged at the time.
I always thought that the reported Beaufort was better matched by Blenheim IV, T2128, but there were some details that needed to resolved.
Reagrds
Ross
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April 29, 2006 at 7:51 am