Thanks for the links guys. I've got the number for a Jim H. in Chilliwack, ex sapper connected to the engineering historical society and the museum is open tomorrow from 9-3 (I hope on a long weekend?) so perhaps I will have something to report after that.
The wreckage site is across the lake from the bridging area and I have a pet theory as to what might have occurred (will be interesting to see how far off my CSI skills are). My idea is that the MkIII, loaded with those bailey bridge panels, broke loose from the bridging area in a storm, drifted across the lake, began swamping and wallowed on one side, dumped the panels and then sank outright, coming to rest upsidedown nearby. The panels are stacked on top of each other, which otherwise would seem odd if they were just tossed in, and the two sites are about 50-100 yards apart.
Time will tell.
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21-05-11, 00:15
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