Interesting cog.
It's the drive cog for the crankshaft of a WW2 Junkers JU88 engine.
In 1941 on a bombing raid on Liverpool, it was hit by gunfire from a Boulton and Paul Defiant night fighter over Skegness. Bomb jettisoned, it turned back, and loosing power, it belly landed on the beach at Sheringham.
The 4 crew survived.
Spotted last week sticking out from the sand by a local chap.
The last time it emerged was back in the 1970's. Soon it will be hidden again.
Interesting cog.
It's the drive cog for the crankshaft of a WW2 Junkers JU88 engine.
In 1941 on a bombing raid on Liverpool, it was hit by gunfire from a Boulton and Paul Defiant night fighter over Skegness. Bomb jettisoned, it turned back, and loosing power, it belly landed on the beach at Sheringham.
The 4 crew survived.
Spotted last week sticking out from the sand by a local chap.
The last time it emerged was back in the 1970's. Soon it will be hidden again.