Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Lockheed Lightning that time forgot



“Known as the Maid of Harlech, the United States Army Air Force fighter crashed on the Gwynedd coast in training exercises. Pilot Lt Robert Elliott walked away from the incident but went missing in action three months later in Tunisia.
“Hidden under the sand and waves since it crashed off the coast of Wales in 1942, the location of this Lockheed P38 Lightning has been kept a secret.


“Hidden under the sand and waves since it crashed off the coast of Wales in 1942, the location of this Lockheed P38 Lightning has been kept a secret.
“The previously undetected Lightning appeared on a Wales beach in 2007 when shifting water displaced the sand”

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