Post war recoveries seem very similar to those in wartime. A lottery as to how well they were recovered. A Spit that came down in 1946 in South Wales was hardly recovered at all, in fact I don’t think an MU even turned up. Most of it was excavated in the early 70s. As for FAA losses, they did a very thorough job on two Corsairs that have been investigated, one wartime, one immediately post war. Even with the aid of metal detectors and magnetometers there are still considerable remains at more recent crash sites. As a very excited child I picked up bits of a Falklands veteran Sea Harrier long after the Navy had finished their recovery. They made me put back the bits I souvenierd while they were still there.
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