The JU88 is reborn

[Tor]

Here are some more photos, both of the He111 and the JU 88 Unfortunatly are the photos of the JU 88 quite dark, so I will need to take some more tomorrow.

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PHOTOS HERE! http://home.no.net/dynnis/

[Allan P.]

Please can you tell more about where the aircraft were found?


Allan

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Tor, thanks for posting these superb photos. The state of preservation of the paintwork on both these rare aircraft is amazing

Please keep us up to date on the restoration/preservation.

Cheers, Ade.

[Tor]

Please can you tell more about where the aircraft were found?


Allan

Both the He 111 from KG100 Wiking and the Ju88 from KG 30 was found in the lake Jonsvatnet just oustide of the town Trondheim in Norway.

As mentioned before, by others the state of these aircrafts are outstanding. The paint is just amazing, if you keep in mind that they have been on the bottom of this lake for since 1940.

[Simon O.]

Very nice Tor. Are these planes staying in Norway or are they being sold\traded outside the country?

[Mooyman]

Dear Tor,

Very NICE!!!!!

Thank you!!!

Regards

Ricardo.

[Pascal H.]

Great pictures Tor . Please keep us up to date.

The state of these airplanes is indeed amazing (more then 6o years in the water ).


Thanks!!
KR
Pascal

[Peter Wiking]

Many years ago at the Gardermoen military airfield outside Oslo, the caretakers of the museum there let me see the back of the museum. They showed me a Ju 52 Tri-motor aircraft. Still in good condition. They showed me engines and landing gears from other German aircraft. Their only consern was the money needed to restore the items and aircraft.

Cheers.
Peter Wiking

[Peter Wiking]

Here is the faith of several German aircraft:
http://www.sci.fi/~junkers/ISOKARTTAE.html
http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/news.../Ju88/ju52.htm



SOLA AIR STATION and FORUS AIR STATION Norway 1945

Serviceable aircrafts:
-3 Blohm und Voss BV 138 flyingboats
-1 Junkers Ju-52
-3 Junkers Ju-88 bombers
-15 Messerschmitt Bf-110 two engine fighters
-10 Arado Ar 234 Blitz Jet-recon aircrafts
-1 Messerschmitt Bf-108
-1 Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe medevac aircraft
-26 Messerschmitt Bf-109 singel engine fighters
-3 Fieseler Fi 156 Storch recon aircraft

Reserve aircrafts:
-8 Arado Ar 234 Blitz Jet-recon aircraft
-2 Junkers Ju-188 bombers
-14 Messerschmitt Bf-110 twin engine fighters
-2 Junkers Ju-88 bombers
-10 Messerschmitt Bf-109 singel engine fighters
-3 Blohm und Voss BV 138 flyingboats



Unfortuneatly most of the fully operational aircrafts were destroyd, blown to pieces, and thrown in a large crater at Forus just after the war

Info taken from her:
http://home.c2i.net/fozz/military/sola_his.html


Cheers.
Peter Wiking

[paddywhack]

wow amazing to think that there over 60 years old and have been at the bottom of a lake to boot!!!!! great pics!!

[Mauser]

Quite amzing to say the least ! Thanks for posting

[Heer Flak]

Excellent! Another plane to be restored hopefully. Hope to see one in person one day.

Eric

[Elvis]

One day when I hit that $250,000,000 lottery I'll start scouring these lakes and forests for some of these beauties. Nice pics.

[Jean-Loup]

I hope they dont go and repaint the aircraft, like they usually do. Talk about restoration... Why not "restore" a mdl 35 DD camo helmet because the paint isnt 100%?
JL

[Theodor]

You're absolutely right, JL!! They take original aircraft and remove the original paint and repaint them! Just like repaintng an original helmet or re-gold-plating a badge or medal
But restoring to airworthy condition - this gets even worse!!!!!!!! They take an original WWII aircraft, take it down completely, replace half of the parts with new made ones, add modern navigatin, communication, anti-fire and etc. systems.... I think I said it before - take an original untouched DD M35 helmet, remove the liner, throw away the nice original leather and put new artificial leather, replacethe rivets with new ones, sand down the original paint and decals and repaint and put repro decals... That "helmet story" is equal to what they do to original WWII aircraft in order to take them back to the sky

On the other hand, the aircraft recovered from water have no chance, but be repainted. The salty-water finds need serious treatment against corrosion. And no matter whether the water was salty or not, I've read that the nice original paint falls off the body only in hours after the aircraft is raised. Looking at the pictures, it seems to me that for example the white paint of the crosses on the sides of the Heinkel is falling to pieces.