By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by Karl Kjarsgaard, used by permission An iconic WW2 aircraft is gearing up for take off from the seafloor, 75 years since it was laid to rest in the frigid seas of the Baltic Sea. Karl Kjarsgaard from Canada is among the elite in WW2 bomber aircraft salvage operations and has played an […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Christos Tsiolas and Yiannis Yiannoulas: Crash site and recovered Halifax parts photos Karl Kjarsgaard, Director at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada: Documentation and period photos Chris Stone: RAF 624 Squadron photo Additional information on Operation Swifter by Manolis Bardanis and Ken Joyce UPDATE: According to respected researcher Mr. Manolis Bardanis, the Halifax was […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photo and info submitted by Karl Kjarsgaard Karl Kjarsgaard from the Bomber Command Museum of Canada and Halifax 57 Rescue has a question about a Wellington W5584 – RAF 148 squadron shot down on Jan.19, 1942 into the bay 4 kms south of Eleusis, close to the port of Piraeus in Greece. There […]