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The Malvern Archaeological Diving Unit, for use of photographs – for more information about their survey of the plane’s wreck, please visit: http://www.madu.org.uk/Page%204.28%20-%20Maid%20of%20Harlech%20-%202014.dwt
A great many thanks to Joseph Mearman, Heritage Together, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Bangor University, for kind permission to reproduce his aerial photographs of the wreck.
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Wow!! It needs saving ASAP
I kinda figured he wasn't going to survive the war.
Why bother, I mean really. Are there not operating examples of my favorite WWII bird, aloft.
Here's me thinking the sea levels were rising.
Seems like recovering this hulk would result in a really ugly display. I don't see the point. I don't know how many restored P-38s exist, but I'm sure there are enough that interested people can get a good look. There is a really nice large scale model at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA. This airport is the former test flight center for the Lockheed Aircraft Company, the inventor of the P-38. Lockheed created Amelia Earhart's airplane and she flew from that airport many times. There is a very nice bronze statue of her in the concourse.
I remember a japanese fighter ace said they hated fighting the p 38, because the bullets would pass between the two tails
Reminds me of the flying boat that was destroyed in a Japanese raid on Broome in 1942. The remains are visible at low tide.
Your concept of “remarkably intact” differs slightly from my own.
NOTHING COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF PLANES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. I AM SURPRISED MARK HAS NOT DONE MORE VIDEOS OF THOSE.
In my opinion it kinda looks like a p-61 black widow
Hordes rushing out with metal detectors to the beaches.
Interesting video short. I survey & photograph archaeological sites and heritage assets – registered as an archaeological surveyor with CITZAN. Harlech beach is part of my coastal survey patch. Took an interest in the P38F and why CADW recognises it as a registered historic monument, but is unwilling to do anything about reclamation, preservation and eventual display. This brought me into contact with Ric Gillespie. Definitely an interesting character. Research is part of my academic background, due diligence is always best practise…
that british law only covers war graves, there was no death in this case.
just typical british ignorance of their own laws.
What century will they recover it , Only the English would leave an intact P38 to rot in the saltwater but went all out to recover a rotted DO-17 , very sad bunch of no aircraft enthusiast in England
Crazy how long its been since this aircraft has been discovered yet its still out there sitting in the sand. Hopefully itll be recovered one day and restored to some condition. If they went through the lengths they did to recover glacier girl this should be a cake walk lol
My grandfather was a piolot of a b17g
A p38
Waste of money, leave it there
My favourite plane of all time, think I'll build a radio controlled one, one day.
Don't we have many many many P38s in good, even flyable condition? That's rusted junk with an embarrassing, irrelevant history. Tow it out and sink it.