legal question: ownership of a component from a WWII RAF aircraft
 

Good morning to our in house legal advisers,

here is a simple question :

who is the owner a component from a WWII RAF aircraft, such as an engine, a wing, etc.. that I would find somewhere in France (in a lake, in a forest, a field whatever..) ?

Do the RAF as a right to claim it ?

I have in mind that this is the case for USAF hardware, but is it the same for RAF stuff ?

is there any juridiction on similar cases for RAF machines ?

Thanks in advance for your nice answers to this boring question.

Cheers

GC

Re: legal question: ownership of a component from a WWII RAF aircraft
 

I wish the law was that any such items over 50 yrs old belong to the finder who spends effort and money to locate them instead of states who won't spend a dime to find them.

Re: legal question: ownership of a component from a WWII RAF aircraft
 

OOPPSSS !!

sorry but I missed the wrong sub part: I re-do my question on "Allied aircraft" forum.

Sorry for inconvenience caused and thanks Jukka for your comment to which I totally adhere !

GC

Re: legal question: ownership of a component from a WWII RAF aircraft
 

in some area"s its even forbitten to dig especialy WWI area somme etc w hen they see you with metal det, car, metal det, might be confiscated
germany hurtgenwald same story
in case owner gives authorisation for dig it might go but when lots of people and police comes explosives are found than everything will be sealed off
its depending local authorities you better inform localy
hope this helps
cheers
phil

Re: legal question: ownership of a component from a WWII RAF aircraft
 

Hi Philippe,

thanks for your comments.

you can have a look at my answer on "Allied Aircraft" where I have re positionned my question ( I initially made a mistake when writing the above in "Luftwaffe"..)

Best regards

GC