MANY interesting photos of then crashed aircraft… & -luckily- also ones in flying conditions !
Take your time , & enjoy,
🙂 with thanks to a Belgian ICT friend,
By: Jim C - 27th October 2013 at 22:59
This one just outside of Harlow –
http://aircrewremembered.com/gmur-feliks.html
I dug up a couple of .303 cases in my garden when I lived in Harlow years ago. Although North Weald is near, RAF Hunsdon was just a couple of miles north of Harlow.
By: SWAMPYRV - 27th October 2013 at 18:46
Thanks guys for all your replies, I understand the jettisoning, the un-fired bit, but do any of you know of any crash sites in or near Harlow in Essex, so I can do some more research. Turns out they are both U.S, but made in different years ( 42 and 43 ) and also in different munitions factories.
Thanks again
Swampyrv
By: WZ862 - 10th July 2013 at 17:51
SWAMPYRV,
Remember that returning bombers could have jettisoned items, including shell cases, to reduce weight when in trouble.
By: Smith - 10th July 2013 at 10:49
Really? All I get as a non-myFace user is a lot of prattle identifying a Shetland as a Sunderland or a Lancaster. Is that the correct link?
Yep … facebook, youtube, it’s all the same … lots of unlearned ramblings. But that’s OK, I imagine myself faced with a raft of Locomotive photos for example … what would I know? But press on and push [next] (above each photo). It gets more interesting. That said, I don’t think any of the pics are new.
By: Junk Collector - 10th July 2013 at 09:14
I have found random .50 cases around the Harlow area, and remains of burn’t out German incediary bombs, and some .50 cases not random. If there are other bits of metal in the soil eg aluminium, may point to a crash site, otherwise may have fallen from a returning aircraft, or souveneirs etc
By: Beermat - 10th July 2013 at 00:53
Really? All I get as a non-myFace user is a lot of prattle identifying a Shetland as a Sunderland or a Lancaster. Is that the correct link?
By: Smith - 8th July 2013 at 23:51
Great series of images … thank you for pointing them out to us
By: Mr Merry - 8th July 2013 at 18:41
Easy way to tell if a round has been fired is by the cap, if it has a mark on the cap it’s been fired.
By: Alan Clark - 8th July 2013 at 18:11
.50s and larger rounds have a habit of parting company with their cartridge in crashes, I’ve found quite a few where it was just an unfired case. Also if there was a fire they would have cooked off and the cases were quite strong so tended to blow out the bullet and the primer, again leaving the case.
By: ssg keay - 8th July 2013 at 18:02
If they are just cases then they could have been ejected, as fighters did not keep the expended cases on board.
By: SWAMPYRV - 7th July 2013 at 16:07
Hi there,
anyone know of any reported crash sites in Harlow, Essex, U.K?
A work colleague of mine lives there, and unearthed 2, 50calibre cases. Dated 1943, from his allotment. We know Harlow didn’t exist as such during the war, and we think, if there was an aircraft crash here during the war, it may have possibly been from, North Weald. Although the cases are U.S made.
Thanks in advance.
Swampyrv.
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