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20-08-2008, 05:49 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2   | Lancaster wreck - Plymouth Breakwater
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp  Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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20-08-2008, 10:05 AM
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You're Top Poster: #51  | That is very interesting. My grandmother remembered seeing a plane (a fighter - she said it was German but I am a bit doubtful) crash into Plymouth Sound when she was on the Hoe during the war. I know there are a couple of confirmed crashes in the area, but I wasn't aware of this one. There are also quite a few ships that were torpedoed when coming into port, like the James Egan Lane which sank in Whitsand Bay when being towed into Plymouth.
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20-08-2008, 10:16 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | Isn't it annoying when they don't give serial or names of the crew?! Lancaster ED450 (EA-G) Took off1859 from Fiskerton. Collided with barrage ballon cables on the return from Lorient and crashed into the sea off Plymouth, Devon. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. F/Sgt G B C Miller Sgt S Young F/O R Allin Sgt W Noble Sgt K Hands Sgt W Halsall Sgt FH Allen Roll of Honour
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20-08-2008, 11:41 PM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | I was thinking exactly the same thing, Kyt.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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