bentwaters81tfw Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 A Short Stirling has been found submerged in a lake just outside Amsterdam. The airframe and crew have been identified. More details to follow I'm sure. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Identified as Stirling BK716 The link is in dutch but has all the details.. http://www.almeredezeweek.nl/nieuws/1499363-sigarettenhouder-geeft-aan-wrak-short-stirling-is-bk716 cheers, Jan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKirwan Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Langzamer hand worden alle vermiste vliegers gevonden. May they rest in peace. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12jaguar Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Thanks for the news article. As it says she was originally misidentified as BK710 but has now been correctly identified as BK716. Large parts of this aircraft have been on display at Fort Veldhuis and we have a number of parts incorporated into our flight deck build John (Stirling Aircraft Project) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 A little more: sadly from the Daily Fail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7929213/Plane-British-airman-went-missing-Europe-World-War-Two-lake-77-years-later.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12jaguar Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 as usual they couldn't even spell the name correctly... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper300 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) Also in Dutch http://arg1940-1945.nl/bk710 onderzoek.htm and http://aircrewremembered.com/harris-john.html Edited January 26, 2020 by Grasshopper300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 This story is also in the Sunday Express, where they show a picture of a Stirling which looks rather like a Lancaster to me... The text part is a very moving read though, it is a shame they could not have the respect and put in a correct photograph. Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 1/25/2020 at 7:06 PM, 12jaguar said: Thanks for the news article. As it says she was originally misidentified as BK710 but has now been correctly identified as BK716. Large parts of this aircraft have been on display at Fort Veldhuis and we have a number of parts incorporated into our flight deck build John (Stirling Aircraft Project) I'm a bit confused here. If parts have been on display and incorporated in to the Sterling project was the aircraft discoverd some time ago then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Is there any news on whether the remains of any of the crew have been recovered? Would be nice to bring them home, so to speak. Somewhat fittingly 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron's motto is 'In time'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 All I know is the recovery group are very professional. They have been doing this sort of work for over 40 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12jaguar Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 in essence this aircraft has been known about for some time, what is relatively new is that RNLAF are going to recover the aircraft, I guess this is what the media have picked up on. We've borrowed parts from the civilian recovery group in the past which we've used as patterns (seat structure etc). One of the most significant parts we have from this aircraft is the Pilots windscreen de-icer pump John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper300 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 https://www.almere.nl/over-almere/historie/erfgoedhuis/archeologie-in-almere/short-stirling/english-information/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Bless them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WV908 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Is there a suggestion that the aircraft is relatively intact? There are no dive photos etc available. Cheers, WV908 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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