Underwater 5 - Sunderland.jpg (1/1)

Apparently a fake, Mitch. Certainly no Sunderland was ever raised from
Windermere, or even photographed lying on the bottom. See he

http://theflyingboatforum.forumlaunc...php?f=15&t=435

Nevertheless, great series and thanks!

Regards
Paul

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PVK wrote:

Apparently a fake, Mitch. Certainly no Sunderland was ever raised from
Windermere, or even photographed lying on the bottom. See he

http://theflyingboatforum.forumlaunc...php?f=15&t=435

Nevertheless, great series and thanks!

Regards
Paul

Also, no evidence of engines or cowling.

Could it be a B17? The engines could have come off on crash landing.

On 19/09/2014 16:37, y wrote:
Could it be a B17?

Not from the shape of either the fin or the nose.

The engines could have come off on crash landing.



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®i©ardo wrote:

On 19/09/2014 16:37, y wrote:
Could it be a B17?

Not from the shape of either the fin or the nose.

The engines could have come off on crash landing.


Unlikely, since the airframe doesn't show signs of a crash.

On 19/09/2014 02:04, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
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Also, no evidence of engines or cowling.


That was deliberate. The story goes that some Sunderlands were
deliberately sunk in Windermere to dispose of them at the end of the war
as surplus- but only after the engines had been removed from them. Its
believed that the image was faked using an Airfix model ( Airfix is a
plastic kit manufacturer in the UK, similar to Tamiya etc ). To make it
more authentic and to conform with the myth, the engines were left off
the model.