Tonight;
“Evening everyone the engineers have had another busy day on the Flight. PZ865 has had her prop fitted and engine oil primed ready for engine runs. P7350 reduction gearbox fit completed, coolant system pressure tested and prop fitted. PA474 all four coolant systems pressure tested and props fitted next is engine oil priming and ground runs. Paul B”

I don’t want to dispute your figures without references to hand but I’m certain that US forces dropped a greater tonnage of bombs in Europe (or maybe just on Germany?) than did Bomber Command.

Does that figure include the contribution made by the 9th Air force, all the various medium bomber units, fighter bombers etc?
Like wise the Bomber Command figure probably doesn’t include other RAF Commands.
As has been said; a meaningful comparison is probably impossible (But it would be good to see some confirmed figures for the 8th AF ‘heavies’).

http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/images/wa1001_snorkel%20parka_763.jpg
Is that not something of later origin that has landed on the wrecksite?

Is that confirmed? Because it will get moved if they are drilling.

The project is to lay a subsea power cable. Deviations will be allowable to cover such circumstances. That is one of the points of having an ROV survey.
If it were a drilling operation, movement of several tens of metres from the target is not unknown (we have done just that recently at another North Sea location … There was a bloody Whitley sat right in the way :)).

Interesting, thanks. Lets hope that we get to see some pictures.

. Not really, that would have been debris from the gearbox. Engines don’t shed much metal unless there is a problem

I seem to remember that early minis had the gearbox in the sump … More or less 🙂

Number of squadrons x 15 aircraft each, plus 10% at MU, who is going to argue that?! 🙂

Happy Birthday young Sir 🙂