Crash site Baltic sea

**Lasse i gatan** · 07-27-2011, 08:01 AM

Hallo! today im quite happy ! Yesterday myfriends and i found a airoplane when diving in South of Baltic sea.
The plane has probably gone down hard though its scatterd on a large area.
The only ammo we found was (8mm?) was marked IM DA 1943.
We saw two ,maybe three 6 in a row cylinders engines.
Can anyone spred some light over our find ?
Underwater pic coming!
Lars

**Adrian Stevenson** · 07-27-2011, 08:07 AM

Hi Lars, welcome to the forum!

Your finds are from a British aircraft.

The ammo looks like .303

The AM (Air Ministry) marked film spool confirms the aircraft as British.

Cheers, Ade.

**Lasse i gatan** · 07-27-2011, 08:42 AM

UW pics from site.

**Lasse i gatan** · 07-27-2011, 09:06 AM

**Vegard T** · 07-27-2011, 11:23 AM

Do the authorities know about this? They may want to raise it or something.

**big ned** · 07-27-2011, 12:06 PM

The film spool is from a G45 Gun Camera. This was used in many RAF aircraft. From the lack of metal fuselage panels/stringers in the few photo's shown, I would hazard a guess at it possibly being a lend / lease Hawker Hurricane, but better photo's are needed.

Regards, Ned.

**uber_soldat** · 07-27-2011, 12:35 PM

could you draw us a site plan?

It may help to determine the possible size of the craft in question.

**noelh** · 07-27-2011, 12:47 PM

Did you say there were several engines?

We saw two ,maybe three 6 in a row cylinders engines.

That would imply a bomber, possibly a Lancaster. The authorities might be interested particularly if it was missing in action.

**Lasse i gatan** · 07-27-2011, 01:24 PM

Swedish authorities have ben told about it. Do you think British autorities would be interested.
This is a unknown crashsite. No old local stories of a plane going down in this area.

**big ned** · 07-27-2011, 02:13 PM

by noelh

Did you say there were several engines? That would imply a bomber, possibly a Lancaster. The authorities might be interested particularly if it was missing in action.

Lanc's didn't have G45 Gun Cameras, I think Lars may be refering to just cylinders from a smashed engine case. Whatever, a lot more better photo's are required to get anywhere near an ID on this airframe unless someone can tell what the stamped grey plate has come off.

Regards, Ned.