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In August 2022 after much research and a search licence from the Provincial Government, and with the full knowledge and co-operation of the RCAF, a debris field was discovered at the site of the crash of F.O.Barry Allan Newman's aircraft by the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association Recovery Team at more than 100 feet of Depth.
After several meetings with Government and another separate licence, the team was permitted in 2003, to retrieve debris which would positively identify the aircraft. A piece of material similar to canvas or fibreglass infused with some other plastic like material was retrieved. On it were the words NORTH AMERICAN and some numbers. This identified the material as a wing tank protective cover for a P-51 D Mustang. This aircraft had been the only Mustang P-51D of 130 operated by the RCAF that had not been found. On You Tube : "Search For Mustang 9555" a 12min CBC interview overlaid with stills and video. (Source:Mike McAllister a member of the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association Recovery Team)
Search for Mustang 9555