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  • January 18, 2005 at 11:19 pm in reply to: Channel 4 Time Team Invader Dig #1413252
    Mark Gaskell
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    2. Yes one gun was X-rayed on site and declared clear – two others were still in their turret which meant that X-ray was not practical on site – However after all three had been declared clear they were then all inexplicably taken to a range, as quoted and “made safe”, by blowing them to pieces – the bits were then delivered to the RAF Millom museum in a sack!!!

    Contents of the sack mentioned above

    January 18, 2005 at 11:07 pm in reply to: Channel 4 Time Team Invader Dig #1413282
    Mark Gaskell
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    If anyone is intrested there is also another discusion taking place on one of the Time Team forums

    http://community.channel4.com/eve/ubb.x?q=Y&a=tpc&s=162603557&f=8896096411&m=5530011531&p=1

    January 18, 2005 at 10:55 pm in reply to: Channel 4 Time Team Invader Dig #1413285
    Mark Gaskell
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    Just to prove everything didnt go to plan, get out of that. I suppose we could come back in another 60 years and dig it up.

    January 16, 2005 at 4:32 pm in reply to: The bombers in the marsh #1419638
    Mark Gaskell
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    I was one of the local group involved with this project and even though the filming took place over 3 days our group spent 6 days on this site and we had been conducting research into the accident for over 20 years.

    We had to think long and hard about involving the TV but without them this project would never have happened (over 2 km from “dry land” on a salt marsh) as you will probably realise when watching the program. We also had the full suport of the crews realatives to involve the TV.

    see the following for a taster of what is to come on one of our websites

    http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/Time%20Team%20Brief%20Article.htm

    January 11, 2005 at 10:37 pm in reply to: B-26 dig at Warton #1431567
    Mark Gaskell
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    17:00 Sun 16th
    Channel 4
    Time Team
    Tony Robinson and the team recruit the help of the RAF and an experienced crash investigator when attempting to retrieve the wreckage of two American bombers buried in the sands of Warton Marsh, near Preston. The aircraft collided just after take-off in November 1944, killing all the crew, but can the team uncover what lay behind the disaster? Eye-witnesses and American pilots provide clues regarding the accident

    Duration: 60mins

    January 10, 2005 at 9:26 pm in reply to: Channel 4 Time Team Invader Dig #1433413
    Mark Gaskell
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    17:00 Sun 16th
    Channel 4
    Time Team
    Tony Robinson and the team recruit the help of the RAF and an experienced crash investigator when attempting to retrieve the wreckage of two American bombers buried in the sands of Warton Marsh, near Preston. The aircraft collided just after take-off in November 1944, killing all the crew, but can the team uncover what lay behind the disaster? Eye-witnesses and American pilots provide clues regarding the accident

    Duration: 60mins 🙂

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