RAF P40 wreck

Personaly I feel that the principles that the Maltese authorities under the guidance of the War Museum and Malta Aviation Museum have established is ;If Human remains exist within the wreck then it is a war grave and should remain untouched !!!.Unless because of dredging or other accidental cause it is unintentionaly brought to the surface then the remains are dealt with in the appropriate manor.No Wrecks are raised or removed in Maltese waters without intensive research and investigation.For example from Finding Hurricane Z3055 it was nearly 2 years before everything had been fully checked and prepared and she was finally raised.

There are many accessible wrecks around the Maltese islands but if they are visited they are for the most part treated with respect one being the just post war wreck in St Pauls Bay area where the remains of the navigator are still with the aircraft but the pilot managed to get out.And also in some instances the relatives do not want the remains disturbed.Its like naval wrecks we dont go dragging war ships up because there none on display and there might be 329 crew on board that should have a decent burial I am sorry the same principle applies.

respect should be given to war dead of whatever nationality and not just on the principle of there arent many of those aircraft left so lets go and drag this one up regardless.there are alternatives to be considered.:cool::)

sorry its a subject that can cause a lot of discussion and argument and very differeing opinions.

In British territorial waters (or International waters) the site would be protected under the PMR Act, but it is unclear of its exact location and thus its status.

Either way, the tag ‘war grave’ is fairly meaningless unless the site is protected in some way and it is clearly accesible to divers in any event. Consequently, the site should surely be properly investigated and the remains removed, identified (or not) and dealt with appropriately rather than be left in-situ.

Also, and to be fair to the MOD here, we do not know what may have been going on behind the scenes to achieve some sort of resolution to this case. Certainly, the information thus far in this matter is a little sketchy.

Your link had a break in it… try this:
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=17025

And again I am struck by the difference in attitudes towards fallen servicemen of the UK MOD and the US DOD.

The article was 19 months ago… any progress?

A war grave?

Regards

Just as an experiment does anyone on here have any ideas on the aircraft and or pilot. I mean mostly we get info back within an hour about various different request we post on here.

Can we the people supply an aircraft ID and or Pilot ID.

Just shows the people can sometimes be more effective than the powers that be.

Certainly seen that being the case on here several times.

Your link had a break in it… try this:
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=17025

And again I am struck by the difference in attitudes towards fallen servicemen of the UK MOD and the US DOD.

The article was 19 months ago… any progress?