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  • June 13, 2013 at 3:13 pm in reply to: Goodwin Sands Dornier progress thread #962283
    Clint Mitchell
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    Thank you.

    June 13, 2013 at 2:58 pm in reply to: Goodwin Sands Dornier progress thread #962291
    Clint Mitchell
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    Which one is that Andy?

    June 11, 2013 at 4:02 pm in reply to: Goodwin Sands Dornier progress thread #964525
    Clint Mitchell
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    Theres plenty of time in the future to be spending money on the Halifax. Who knows what might happen to that but it’s here , it’s been saved. The time was quite literally running out on this Dornier. Now the only surviving example has hopefully been saved for future generations to see. Saving them is the important thing.

    Interesting shot of the cockpit. I wonder what bits have been pilfered by other divers over the years though?

    June 10, 2013 at 4:49 pm in reply to: Oh Dear new George Clooney film set #966310
    Clint Mitchell
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    Touche Resmorah, 😀

    June 10, 2013 at 2:09 pm in reply to: Oh Dear new George Clooney film set #966547
    Clint Mitchell
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    I agree, looks like it has been based on a Stuka. It’s made a lovely neat dent in the sand though. Looks as though it’s been trying to burrow to Australia? 😀

    June 10, 2013 at 2:02 pm in reply to: Goodwin Sands Dornier progress thread #966552
    Clint Mitchell
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    Alarm set. Good luck!

    June 10, 2013 at 8:26 am in reply to: Goodwin Sands Dornier progress thread #967009
    Clint Mitchell
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    Of all the years to choose. Bloomin British weather.

    June 5, 2013 at 10:17 pm in reply to: Bomber Command Memorial – Further Vandalism? #971715
    Clint Mitchell
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    I’ll choose to read between the lines of this one gents…..

    June 5, 2013 at 2:34 pm in reply to: Bomber Command Memorial – Further Vandalism? #972357
    Clint Mitchell
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    Sorry, but I feel very strongly about the utterly disrespectful behaviour shown towards this memorial in the prior incident and quite possibly this new one. My views are that this new incident will no doubt have an underlying reason closely associated with the previous incident whoever has vandalised it. I’m not ashamed to say it. As I already pointed out I believe that we have not seen the last of the vandalism to this memorial. It’s now become a perfect well publicised platform for whoever wants to kick us where it hurts and stir things up. I agree, we could have a period of silence but wheres that going to get us. I wonder where we would all be now if all of the men who the memorial is immortalising just sat there in silence during WW2…. So now the RAFBF has to waste it’s money on 24/7/365 security instead of more worthwhile ventures.

    June 5, 2013 at 1:23 pm in reply to: Bomber Command Memorial – Further Vandalism? #972424
    Clint Mitchell
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    The racist vandals are lower than any form of scum I’ve come across yet with total contempt for anything that we respect and believe in. I can foresee that this memorial will be targeted again and again simply to stir up the tensions we are witnessing in the UK. Sadly it wil become a Mecca (no pun intended) for those who wish to stick two fingers up at our people, beliefs, and way of life.

    June 3, 2013 at 5:20 pm in reply to: Goodwin Sands Dornier progress thread #973781
    Clint Mitchell
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    Update from Chris Goss on TOCH here:

    Just back from Ramsgate and for those interested:

    • They have not run out of money
    • They have managed to suck out sand from the main body and around the engines but not the wing tips.
    • There is no evidence of human remains
    • There is no evidence of unexploded ordnance.
    • There are no guns (strange?)
    • They have recovered a number of items including bomb racks, armour plated seat, drift calculator and ammo drums which are already at Cosford.
    • The plane appears to have hit the sea tail first as the tailwheel is rammed up into the fuselage.
    • German Press have tracked down Effmert’s family so he did not stay in Wales. Apparently his first wife died during the war, he remarried in the 70s/80s but died a number of years ago. Step daughter knows nothing about his wartime career. All attempts to trace relatives of the other 3 have failed.

    Finally, 2 attempts to lift it (yesterday and today) failed to start due to the sea state; no news for certain when the next attempt will be

    May 22, 2013 at 7:38 am in reply to: Essex Heinkel He 177 crash #985579
    Clint Mitchell
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    Isn’t there one at Cosford?

    May 15, 2013 at 10:58 am in reply to: Goodwin Sands Dornier progress thread #992352
    Clint Mitchell
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    Thanks for the heads up. 🙂

    May 10, 2013 at 12:59 pm in reply to: Goodwin Sands Dornier progress thread #996996
    Clint Mitchell
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    How far out is the actual wreck? It’s not far at all from me so would it be possible to witness anything on the day it is raised. Even if it’s quite far out it would be nice to go down and see a glimpse of this h

    May 7, 2013 at 4:31 pm in reply to: ME110 Force Landing behind the Church at Stansted Kent August 1940 #999800
    Clint Mitchell
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    If I can post a picture of the Disc I have, would you be able to identify where it came from

    It’s very possible. Although there may have been several of these disc shaped access hatches dotted around the aircraft, seeing your piece might help to narrow down precisely where it was located based on it’s colour and shape etc. 🙂

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