Underwater 5 - Sunderland.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman[_8_]]

[PVK]

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

http://theflyingboatforum.forumlaunch.net/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=435

Nevertheless, great series and thanks!

Regards
Paul

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
PVK > wrote:

> Apparently a fake, Mitch. Certainly no Sunderland was ever raised from
> Windermere, or even photographed lying on the bottom. See here:
>
> http://theflyingboatforum.forumlaunch.net/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=435
>
> Nevertheless, great series and thanks!
>
> Regards
> Paul

Also, no evidence of engines or cowling.

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

[®i©ardo[_3_]]

On 19/09/2014 16:37, 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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[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
®i©ardo > wrote:

> On 19/09/2014 16:37, 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.

[PVK[_2_]]

On 19/09/2014 02:04, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
> In article >,
> >
> 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.