Fishermen net a wing and guns from WWII

[jack973]

Fishermen net a wing and guns from WWII

in Featured Article, War Articles / by Jack / on August 10, 2012 at 18:35 /

Senior Constable Murray Lyons with the remnants of a Second World War plane caught by a fishing trawler.

FISHERMEN have netted a wing from a 70-year-old fighter plane complete with three machine guns while pulling in a catch off Point Cartwright. The wing of the Second World War plane, believed to be a US war plane, was found in the nets of a fishing trawler on Wednesday. Sunshine Coast Water Police Senior Constable Murray Lyons said one of the high-calibre guns could be operational.

“Close inspection of the aircraft shows the guns to be in good condition, considering the 70 years it spent on the bottom of the ocean,” Snr Const Lyons said. “It was quite an amazing find for the fishermen who thought they were just pulling in a good catch.” Historians from the Amberley RAAF base will assess the wreckage for restoration.

“We arranged for the restoration unit to look at restoring the wing and displaying it at the (Air Force) museum,” Snr Const Lyons said. “But we do need to get someone to come have a look at these guns and ensure they are safe.”

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/feature ... -wwii.html

[The Inspector]

Fishermen net a wing and guns from WWII

in Featured Article, War Articles / by Jack / on August 10, 2012 at 18:35 /

Senior Constable Murray Lyons with the remnants of a Second World War plane caught by a fishing trawler.

FISHERMEN have netted a wing from a 70-year-old fighter plane complete with three machine guns while pulling in a catch off Point Cartwright. The wing of the Second World War plane, believed to be a US war plane, was found in the nets of a fishing trawler on Wednesday. Sunshine Coast Water Police Senior Constable Murray Lyons said one of the high-calibre guns could be operational.

“Close inspection of the aircraft shows the guns to be in good condition, considering the 70 years it spent on the bottom of the ocean,” Snr Const Lyons said. “It was quite an amazing find for the fishermen who thought they were just pulling in a good catch.” Historians from the Amberley RAAF base will assess the wreckage for restoration.

“We arranged for the restoration unit to look at restoring the wing and displaying it at the (Air Force) museum,” Snr Const Lyons said. “But we do need to get someone to come have a look at these guns and ensure they are safe.”

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/feature ... -wwii.html

Hint;
When you post stuff like this, could you please tell us in the first line or two WHERE this was found? I sort of guessed by reading the text and then the newspaper article that it was somewhere off the Australian coast. You may very well know exactly where Podunk Junction is, that doesn't mean that me being 200 or 12,000 miles distant does, follow the first rule of aviation, ASSUME NOTHING, THNX

[DaveM2]

Original article by Kate Clifford


http://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/stor ... ww2-plane/

[Hemiman]

A little more info from my mate Pete Dunn...

http://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/dumped@sea.htm

[Chappie]

A little more info from my mate Pete Dunn...

http://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/dumped@sea.htm

700 to 800 aircraft dumped?! Which means they'd be relatively intact. How deep is the water there? I'm orgainzing a massive undersea recovery in order to start my own musuem of restored and flyable WWII aircraft.

Who's with me?!


Chappie

[cooper9411]

A little more info from my mate Pete Dunn...

http://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/dumped@sea.htm

700 to 800 aircraft dumped?! Which means they'd be relatively intact. How deep is the water there? I'm orgainzing a massive undersea recovery in order to start my own musuem of restored and flyable WWII aircraft.

Who's with me?!


Chappie

I'm in !

[RMAllnutt]

This is what's left of the starboard outer wing panel from a Corsair. As you can see, there is very little left that's recognizable, or salvageable sadly. Still, it's a fascinating relic.

Cheers,
Richard