The same photo appeared in the Forest of Dean Review (Local free paper) about 15 years ago, (I sent the cutting to Flypast at the time but had no further feedback). Recovery was being mooted then, but the location of the wreck was uncertain. Apparently it has a habit of appearing and dissapearing as the mud banks move around. I was under the impression that it was somewhere near Sharpness, there was also rumoured to be a Gladiator wreck in the area, near the site of the old Severn rail bridge.

Have you tried checking the address on Google earth to see if there are any give-away clues visible??!! :confused:

Cees, it would be cheaper to recover the Lunar rover than it would the york. It is very remote.

Got any Google Earth co-ords for these wrecks? Its seems that two Lancasters ended their days there, possibly FM216 was the other?

Signed and validated …… je pense!

PO Jerry Smith RCAF ….. first person to deck-land a Spitfire (though not particularly through choice!)

Not much left of the Bristol Brigand / Buckingham / Buckmaster types – is there a rear fuselage preserved somewhere?

Also no surviving Blackburn Botha.

Can anyone pinpoint whereabouts in Kirkby the yard was?

Ensigns (whatever they were)

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