Theres still a massive quantity of steel and stainless tubing structure and cluster joints, but virtually impossible to recover because access with machinery is difficult and these are huge assemblies.
It has also been fly-tipped on for the past 50 odd years and is a pretty awful environment to work in.
As I understood it, the RAF removed about two “sets” of airframe parts when they were there around 20 years ago.
I would dearly love to know what else is underneath all this framework, it is about 20 feet deep in places and I have picked up all sorts of other parts on a previous visit which had nothing to do with the Albermarle.
I did get a licence from the land owners around 12 years ago, plus the use of a mobile crane and temporary traffic lights etc, but when it came to do the recovery most of our helpers were suddenly and inexplicably busy doing other things! 😡
Incidentally, there was also a quarry on the other side of the road, long since filled in, and the farmer described to me what it looked like after the war ended, basically half full of airframes and engines.
Anyone got a giant-sized x-ray machine?! 😉
Peter
Well I have a spade and a few spare weekends if that helps!? 🙂
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