Bristol Beaufighter Found (23/06/23)

[100arw]

Old news. Apologies.
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[PeteHemsley]

The remains of a crashed World War Two Bristol Beaufighter have been discovered on Cleethorpes beach by dog walkers.

According to the Grimsby Telegraph, the aeroplane is believed to be an RAF Bristol Beaufighter from 254 Squadron, which crashed soon after take-off from nearby North Coates in Lincolnshire in April 1944.

The Coastguard has asked people to stop searching for the wreck as mud and fast incoming tides make the area dangerous.

The aircraft id thought to have suffered an engine failure on a training flight and was forced to crash-land on the beach. Both crew members survived the accident without any injuries.

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Love stories like this. I just hope that now it's public, it's going to be protected by folk just rocking up with detectors and ruining something that could possibly be resurrected

[Gordyflyer]

I know that the Grimsby Telegraph are totally useless as regards getting facts correct, but this find was made in May 2020 and published then.

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news ... es-4165555

[Vulcanone]

There was a photo of the airframe in Flypast about 35 years ago. It was on the letters page. And from memory a local ATC unit, and RAF salvage team were trying to salvage it back in the late 60s but failed even then.