October 8, 2004 at 4:01 pm
Just came across this on ebay uk (hey it beat working?):
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=585&item=5524117678&rd=1
Wouldn’t this come under treasure trove, not to mention a war grave if any of the crew members died in the crash?
By: Ross_McNeill - 8th October 2004 at 18:17
The prop and gun were all recovered before the Military Remains Act came into use.
Also the aircraft had all 10 crew returned to duty.
For those with an interest:
20th March 1944, 337BS/96BG, B-17G-20-BO, #42-31559, Lt R J Denissen
Seaton, Cornwall.
About five in the afternoon of the 20th of March, 1944, the crew of a Fortress aeroplane baled out over the land and the pilot, an American officer, then took her over the sea and himself baled out and came down in the sea about a mile south of Seaton Beach. The aeroplane crashed in Looe Bay. The weather was fine and calm. Sergeant Love, of the RAF, a non-swimmer, and a civilian woman, Mrs Pearce, with the help of another woman, Mrs Durrant, launched a small rowing boat down a steep slope. Sergeant Love and Mrs Pearce then set out in the boat . It was leaking badly and Mrs Pearce had to bale. After twenty minutes they reached the airman. He was much distressed. They hauled him aboard and he lost conciousness. They brought him ashore and handed him over to the RAF. He recovered.
Rewards, letters of appreciation to Sergeant Love, Mrs Pearce and Mrs Durrant.”
(Source: Supplement to Annual Reports of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution 1939-46)
By: DazDaMan - 8th October 2004 at 17:51
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5524117678
I guess they can sell it if they want. Don’t think E-bay particularly stipulates anything against selling wartime artefacts…
By: ...starfire - 8th October 2004 at 17:42
😡 😡 😡
By: Swiss Mustangs - 8th October 2004 at 16:27
Hi
this link works
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5524117678
Cheers
Martin