I like the Operation Market Garden one – I think he actually jumps from the Dak in that one…………….

Arc

In fact most of them are watchable………………………

FIAT = Fix It Again Tony

and I have 2 black labradors available for filming – 1 could be a stunt double……………………… 😀

Arc

This………………..

http://www.northern-exposure-photography.co.uk/

and this………………

http://www.dhc-1flyer.com/

They won’t get a word out of me for days 🙂

Arc

Are there actually any human remains in the aircraft ??

I seem to remember that Donald Campbell’s remains had actually become separated from the wreckage of Bluebird (the nearest comparison I can think of).

I would think that the remains are also fairly well preserved if the aircraft are.

My personal feelings about this waiver on a daily basis between recover the remains and send them home, through to leave them where they are and leave them alone, through to recover the remains and leave the aircraft, through to recover the remains and destroy the aircraft (to prove no commercial element to this), through to recover the remains and restore the aircraft !!! – Arrrgh

I think the one element I am happy in my mind with, seems to be ask the families what they want – and do that. I think they would want the remains properly buried – even if it was in the US.

just my 2 pennyworth…………..

Arc

In the 1980’s I sold a house for an old guy who had flown the Swordfish on Arctic convoys – he said that he was amazed at the conditions that it operated in and how effective it was at keeping down the u-boats. They carried depth charges or rocket projectiles. I think there was zero fighter opposition though…………..

He also said he was pretty sure that the conditions were responsible for his arthritis in later life – they regularly arrived back covered in ice and were unable to move from the cockpit having to be lifted down by the groundcrews and rubbed down with whale oil.

They fully accepted that a ditching in the arctic meant certain death – if you even got in a dinghy as the patrol ranges were so far outside the convoy area.

He was suprised that anyone of my generation (I was 18 at the time) had heard of the Swordfish !! – only met him once and sadly I never had the chance to question him more closely as my boss was champing at the bit to leave……….

Heroes – every one IMHO

An effective aircraft – well probably better than some, and worse than others I’d guess. It was operational from day 1 to the very end of the war – with little modification from the basic structure, that says a fair bit. But against effective day fighter cover – probably almost suicidal

Arc

I thought eventually they found all the crew including John Woravka who died when his ‘chute didn’t open………………..

Arc