It was featured in the new BUA colours at Squires Gate,the scheme with the sytlised arrow head and two broad bands of blue and brown. The local paper Evening Gazette published a pic and may stil have a copy available.It was the only BUA Dak to get painted in this scheme.

High ground wrecks in the uk will diminish over time due to weathering and pilferage. No one has the resources to protect them in situ against these events.
Not every wreck is worthy of recovery ,but those which are significant should be recovered asap.I am already very pleased to see the logical work of the Whitley project in this respect. And in a similiar way the Rescue 57 team works on behalf of the Halifax sites. But that at the moment seems to be it as far as cohesive planned type survey and recoveries.

can anyone add to the list? Hampdens might feature, although the Soviet wreck has made a good start at Cosford.

Estate workers would not risk loosing a job by recovering parts, especially as in this case they knew the site was regarded by the owner as a war grave.I had a good chance to chat to them while I was grouse beating on this estate several years ago.

I admire the Waddington team for polite persistence which led to saving these items. From the first time I saw a pic of the painted coded fuselage section I knew that it was worth recovering.(and could not be hidden in a backpack)
And it the person who has the control spectacles unit reads this,surely its time you gave up the parts to Waddington?

Update due to the recent recovery by the RAF many Lancaster parts from the wreck of PD259 on the Balavil estate near Kingussie.
Comment by the landowner…”we came to the decision that some of the pieces which were being vandalised,which is a great tragedy,should be given to them for future protection ”

At last my views are backed up by a landowner, and he does not realise how many of the smaller items have been removed without permission in the last twenty years, including the control column,spectacles,carried down to a vehicle and whizzed away forever to private collector in England.
Like many high ground sites it is on open ground with access from many directions if you dont mind a walk. And this is a site that he felt he was protecting!
So I maintain that all sites should be cleared and if needed a simple memorial marker placed on site.

PD259 Lanc recovery..at last

I was pleased to read of the recovery of major parts from this Scottish highland wreck last week, and they will be on display at the Wadddington airshow..
http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11959

Thanks for the report, I have had a soft spot for the Auster for many years and happy memories of flights in GAOCR.

Elliot could you check your PM box

Gary