RCAF Liberator Bomber Wreck: Control Box in Archaeology Department for Cleaning & Preservation
On Sunday, Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland and Labrador divers Neil Burgess and Chris Power dived down 135 feet deep in Gander Lake to the RCAF Liberator bomber wreck.
The bomber crashed on take-off from Gander Airport in Sept 1943, killing all four of the RCAF crew aboard. Neil and Chris were able to recover the bomb release interval control box used by the bombardier.
The control box is now at the Department's Archaeological Conservation Lab getting cleaned and preserved by Donna Teasdale, Archaeological Conservator, Department of Archaeology.
After that is done, it will go to the North Atlantic Aviation Museum in Gander for display to the public. We hope it will help tell the story of the service and sacrifice of these four brave airmen.
