I remember my uncle telling me about a B-17 that he said landed on top of Warner’s Bridge having not quite made the airfield. This may well be the one you are referring to.

I’ll look up the details later

Even if the money could be found to recover some of these airframes, what next ?
You would need to find somewhere to put them, with the huge cost of stabilizing their condition.
That’s even before you look at cleaning them up.

Then what happens if nobody has space to display them ? The bits end up stored away for years,
until they go for scrap.

I’ve watched that film a few times now, although I only caught the last 15 minutes this time. I still wait for him to
clear the cliffs.

Coincidentally I have finished the reading of the history of RAF Southend, and there was a reference to a badly
shot up B-17 with two engines out, crash landing there. They were losing height all the way back, and only just
managed to make Southend.

Seeing the ASR launch also reminded me of one of my customers who worked on those during WWII.
They managed to rescue a lot of downed aircrew, but also took a lot of messages from crews who weren’t
going to make it back.

Watching the BBC’s Newswatch programme today, a couple of people
complaining about the BBC’s part in the suicide, made a good point.

The prank call was treated by most people (including Prince Charles) as a joke.
Then the BBC kept replaying the call over and over again. Nobody from their
news department wanted to make a comment.

As far as the US is concerned, they will never give up their right to carry arms.

I wonder if the colours may have changed a little over the years, with the affects of daylight ?