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January 28, 2008 at 9:44 am in reply to: Westland Lysander and Blenheim found #1289414

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Oooohh

Anything to make you happy!

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Chris

January 27, 2008 at 2:56 pm in reply to: Westland Lysander and Blenheim found #1290140

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Light

The lowest point of the Thistlegorm dive is around 30m. Most of the inside of the wreck is around 24m. Inside the wreck, I used a strobe. Outside the water is pretty clear, so the light is not too bad.

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January 26, 2008 at 6:52 pm in reply to: Westland Lysander and Blenheim found #1290961

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You are right – except it is not floating! If you follow the link to my website you will see photographs of the hundreds of boxes of live ammunition on the Thistlegorm and a very clear picture of the polished end of a live 4.5″ shell. Apparently, someone opened the box it was stored in using a lump hammer and a chisel. Must have got quite a shock when they found out what was inside The markings on the shell say that it was manufactured in 1929!

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January 25, 2008 at 1:18 pm in reply to: Westland Lysander and Blenheim found #1292703

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Lysander and Blenheim found article

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An article I wrote describing the identification of the aircraft parts on the SS Thistlegorm has been published in the 2008 February issue of the Diver magazine (the UK version).

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October 1, 2007 at 12:55 pm in reply to: Westland Lysander and Blenheim found #1244978

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More pictures

I have uploaded some more pictures taken during my last visit to Duxford – more pictures of the Lysander wings and the Blenheim tail plane:

http://www.schweboo.com/html/sharm_el_sheikh_-_egypt.html

Click on the 4.5″ shell to access the slide show – use the View Gallery tab to access the drop down menu.

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Chris

September 13, 2007 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Westland Lysander and Blenheim found #1265435

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Visit to ARCO at Duxford

Here is a picture of G-OFIT in good company at Duxford on visit to ARCO to confirm identification of Lysander, Bristol Mercury and Blenhem parts. Best parking spot I have had so far….

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September 12, 2007 at 2:50 pm in reply to: Westland Lysander and Blenheim found #1266843

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Any more pictures?

I am also keen to know if anyone else has any photographs of aircraft parts on the Thistlegorm that they would be prepared to share?

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Chris

September 11, 2007 at 9:15 am in reply to: Westland Lysander and Blenheim found #1268746

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welcome to the forum, those are fascinating photographs. are they worth recovering does anyone know? 😀

I suspect not – they have been in a salt water environment for a long time. The other problem is that the Eqyptian authorities would almost certainly block any attempt to remove anything from one of their top tourist attractions. According to one crew member, there is at least one fuselage on board – which I will look out for next time,

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