Sadly this has all got off on the wrong foot which is entirely my fault. I am Deeper Dorset however I have a small band of brilliant supporters around me and good friend Simon Brown is one of them. He has worked very hard on aspects of this project and in his enthusiasm fast moving events got the better of him and he encountered a little brain fade!
The purpose of the post was to engage the historic aviation world in what we do which we think is quite exciting, share it in other words.
I have a background in shipwreck location and rather than blow my own trumpet a google around may be worth while in respect of me, The Shipwreck Project, Deeper Dorset etc.
Unlike other brands of wreck and story hunters we have had quite a bit of success over the years and haven’t asked anyone for a penny until now.
Maritime history and the stories within that history are what we are all about, for us the treasure is in the story.
Normally we deal with shipwrecks in particular very old sites typically pre-19th century, these sites are tough to find often standing only a foot or so above the seabed. Anyone that doubts our success please contact me and I will send you links to some of our finds that we have worked on with Historic England, Wessex Archaeology etc, alternatively if you become a friend of Deeper Dorset you have free access to much of our work on the website, it costs nothing.
This year we have turned our attention to aircraft and due to our setup we are perfectly equipped to find those engines and bits of undercarriage that in the case of the many wartime wrecks is all that remains. I have six aircraft stories to follow up on here off the Dorset Coast some I have mentioned on this forum before and I have been following up on these stories for years, in the case of the Hercules over ten years.
There is more to the Paul Meyer story than the aircraft that is only part of his story, the internet is a minefield of information and misinformation therefore we are not going to get the whole story sat in the chair. Anyone that relies on the net as their source of research is going to be disappointed, we have been out and about on this story over a large part of England.
I have heard every rumour and conspiracy theory there is going, from his body being washed up on the French coast to him escaping to the Eastern block. When it comes to his personal life he was a drunk, he was on drugs, he was screwing around, his wife was screwing around, it is endless. The fact remains he was 23 years old, served in Vietnam, was a good crew chief and had achieved quite a bit in his short life. What on earth made him take it upon himself to do something that to all appears total madness? It is unlikely that we will ever fully understand his actions even though we are in touch with Paul’s family and have their blessing to pursue this story. The family want to know what happened on that day in May 1969, did he crash, was he shot down and where are the remains of the aircraft. Their questions fall on deaf ears and that is what this is all about, someone knows the truth and if they won’t tell we are going looking for it.
We think it was entirely probable he was shot down, wherever were they going to let him try and land? No conspiracy there just makes sense as does the fact he could have crashed mid channel south of Portland Bill. This post is already way to long anyone that wants to know more please do get in touch and in the next week or so we will launch the Kickstarter campaign which is purely to try and cover some of our day to day costs primarily the £200 per day in diesel. We have the equipment, time and expertise already and this project has been all about the passion and the pain in this case self inflicted.
Cheers all at the very least I hope you wish us luck.
Grahame Knott
http://www.deeperdorset.co.uk
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