Bristol Beaufighter

[AlexP]

Found this whilst surfing you tube, a sunken Bristol Beaufighter on the sea bed near the island of Naxos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q0ImGoMUUk

What a find :o , it looks nearly complete. I wonder if it will be recovered or left where it is?

Alex

[TSR2]

Wouldn't mind a decent one of these in FS.

[Garry Russell]

Cheers Alex

Amazing how clean and recognisable it is considering the time it has spent there.

Make you wnder what else will trurn up :think:

Garry

[DispatchDragon]

What I found interesting is that it appears the radar unit was removed (wonder when that was done and by who)
You would think that such a rare jewel would have been salavaged - its obviously not in very deep water


Leif

[Garry Russell]

Perhaps when the radar was taken off the type was still common.

Perhaps it was taken off for security reasons.

Garry

[DispatchDragon]

That was my thought as well Garry

it appears in the video that the whole assembly has been taken off rather tha it falling off its mounts in the ditching - Im assuming it was a ditiching
as the WopAG's canopy has obviouly been jettisoned


Leif

[AlexP]

I think you chaps are probably right in you hypothesis about the radar. I certainly hope that’s the case, as I had initially worried that it had been taken by souvenir hunters.

However unless its salvaged I fear it may well succumb to this fate, which would be a great pity. As Leif suggests it is indeed a rare jewel and as such is more than worth of being salvaged and maybe even restored.

Malta Aviation Museum’s Hurricane is a great example of what can be achieved and it wasn’t in as anywhere near as good condition as the Beaufighter:

http://www.maltaaviationmuseum.com/hurricane.asp

Ben, there are a couple of reasonable Beaufighters available for FS, one from Kazunori Ito and the other form Alphasim.

Alex

[DispatchDragon]

Beautiful Shots Alex

Looking at the salvaed state of the Hurricane - then there would be alot of hope for the Beau

Maybe someone will take pity on it

Leif