Treasure at a Beach in Wales

Fr8monkey · 05-11-10, 10:44 AM

After 60 years, a crashed P-38 is revealed.

Click for story!

SteamWake · 05-11-10, 10:55 AM

Awsome...

Somehow I thought the P38 to be alot bigger.

HunterICX · 05-11-10, 10:58 AM

Awesome find!

HunterICX

Sailor Steve · 05-11-10, 11:02 AM

Wowser!

Jimbuna · 05-11-10, 11:14 AM

Nice find....like a Phoenix rising again

Oberon · 05-11-10, 11:34 AM

Very nice, very nice indeed.

Have to go a long way to beat Glacier Girl though, that was just an epic find, recovery and restoration.

SteamWake · 05-11-10, 03:56 PM

Another thing that strikes me is how shallow the water is.

I'm guessing that the tail boom broke off when it ditched otherwise the vertical stabs would have been sticking out of the water.

Hard to believe this was concealed till now. Stranger things have happened though.

GoldenRivet · 05-11-10, 04:17 PM

if it crashed into a remote area as the article indicates...during low tide, the pilot could have walked out to dry land.

go back with a Jeep a few hours later and high tide has rolled in and the plane is gone.

cant find it oh well.

fight a very demanding war for the next couple of years and things like this tend to fall by the wayside.

during that two year period the aircraft sinks into a sand bed and vanishes from sight.

as the article points out, "shifting water currents displaced the sand" or something to that effect - revealing the aircraft during periods of low tide.

thus it was only a matter of time before either someone found it, or it was swallowed back up by the sand.

the vertical fin of the tail sticks up about the same height as the P-38's top dead center propeller.

as you can see from the photograph only about 10-14 inches is above the water line.

this would lead me to believe that the aircraft is partially buried in the sand with a slight nose up attitude of only 2 or 3 degrees, thus totally submerging the tail section out of view

ajrimmer42 · 05-11-10, 04:42 PM

Fantastic!

05-11-10, 10:44 AM	#1
Fr8monkey Captain Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 518 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Treasure at a Beach in Wales After 60 years, a crashed P-38 is revealed. Click for story! __________________ NASA's budget in 2011... $19 billion. Result: Hi-resolution images from 127 million miles away. AT&T's budget in 2011... $20 billion. Result: Still can't get any signal from my bathroom.

05-11-10, 10:55 AM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Awsome... Somehow I thought the P38 to be alot bigger. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

05-11-10, 10:58 AM	#3
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Awesome find! HunterICX __________________

05-11-10, 11:02 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Wowser! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-11-10, 11:14 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,446 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Nice find....like a Phoenix rising again __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-11-10, 11:34 AM	#6
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Very nice, very nice indeed. Have to go a long way to beat Glacier Girl though, that was just an epic find, recovery and restoration.

05-11-10, 03:56 PM	#7
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Another thing that strikes me is how shallow the water is. I'm guessing that the tail boom broke off when it ditched otherwise the vertical stabs would have been sticking out of the water. Hard to believe this was concealed till now. Stranger things have happened though. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

05-11-10, 04:17 PM	#8
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	if it crashed into a remote area as the article indicates...during low tide, the pilot could have walked out to dry land. go back with a Jeep a few hours later and high tide has rolled in and the plane is gone. cant find it oh well. fight a very demanding war for the next couple of years and things like this tend to fall by the wayside. during that two year period the aircraft sinks into a sand bed and vanishes from sight. as the article points out, "shifting water currents displaced the sand" or something to that effect - revealing the aircraft during periods of low tide. thus it was only a matter of time before either someone found it, or it was swallowed back up by the sand. the vertical fin of the tail sticks up about the same height as the P-38's top dead center propeller. as you can see from the photograph only about 10-14 inches is above the water line. this would lead me to believe that the aircraft is partially buried in the sand with a slight nose up attitude of only 2 or 3 degrees, thus totally submerging the tail section out of view __________________

05-11-10, 04:42 PM	#9
ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Fantastic! __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.