Easy Elsie

Expedition to crashed Lancaster bomber "Easy Elsie". Crashed the 29th oct 1944 in Sweden, Porjus, after being damaged by German AA-gun.
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  • Parking the car and getting the radio backpack ready and some food to eat during the stay.
  • On the way to "Easy Elsie"....
  • My self with backpack, about 20kg to carry. Nice feeling to take the backpack off soon....!!
  • Spångade vägen ut till Easy Elsie
  • "Easy Elsie"
  • One dipole wire....
  • Hmmmm.....where to put the wire??
  • Here is a nice spot!
  • Down with it !
  • My Spiderbeam mast 12m high. The antenna is an OFC dipol antenna. 1:6 balun at top, feeding with wires. Perfect from 80m - 6m.
  • Little bending in wind.....
  • Radio setup. My FT-817, 12V/20A battery and LDG Z-817 tuner, and Heil HC4 mike.
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  • Easy Elise´s batterypack......need of charging??
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  • Nope! No power left for my FT-817 !! Ha ha ha .....
  • Operating from the supposed place of the radio operator on Easy Elsie.
  • In QSO with SM2K, Kalle. He is the first QSO from Easy Elsie on 80m band.
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  • Logging QSO´s on 80m band. Very bad conds on all bands this day, but a few QSO is made.
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  • My son Rasmus also wants to operate the radio.....
  • CQ CQ CQ from SG2SNF in Porjus at crashed Lancaster bomber....
  • What was the callsign...??
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  • Rasmus on wing.
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  • Middle part of the plane...
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  • Room for the tail gunner....
  • Stabilizer
  • Inner space. The crew set fire to the plane after the crash. See how aluminum is melted down.
  • Rasmus climbing on ladder from lower compartment. It may be the hold of the bombs..??
  • Resting in plane...
  • Me and Rasmus..
  • A bird was a bit worried because it had baby birds in the vicinity of the plane...
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  • Text on plane "Easy Elsie".
  • Dashboard...
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  • 100 octane only......
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  • Damage from flak gun...??
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  • lower space..
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  • Bullet holes in the hull after the German air defense fire....AA-gun..
  • Rasmus in the space for landing gear...
  • The "ring" to rotate the midgun torret....
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  • The story for "Easy Elise´s" last flight.....in Swedish and in English of course....
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  • Shelters, and firewood to use for grilling...
  • Fireplace...
  • My ham radio friend Torbjörn (Tobbe) SM2ELN with wife visiting "Easy Elsie".
  • Torbjörn explains how to fly "radio controlled" airplanes to Rasmus, my son. Tobbe is a real fan of radio controlled airplanes, both to build them and flying. He also has a great interest in airplanes and war history....
  • Back to Easy Elsie for more operating after eating some sandwiches and coffe...
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  • The last broadcast of this time, the time is now 22:00 in the evening .... and the sun is still high in the sky ...
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  • This was a great adventure and very interesting to read about the crew and the story about this aircraft. I can recomend a visit to this place if you are in Sweden and at Porjus. Another expedition will be done i beginning at august this year 2011. Keep looking for SG2SNF on QRZ.com for more info!
  • Godnight ! (Well, the sun is not going down att all. Sun is up 24 / 7 )
  • Time 23:00
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