First pics of German Bomber lifted out of the sea

[desiro]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22846645

[Ross Lee]

Great stuff and can`t wait to go see it!

[paddywhack]

bout time!hope not to much has been taken by souvenirs hunters!!!!

[Nachrichten]

This has some interesting pictures too:-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...annel-bed.html

My favourite German light bomber.

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[reichenberg]

Of the four crew, two,Pilot Feldwebel Willi Effmert, and Bomb Aimer Uffz Hermann Ritzel became Prisoners-of-War in Canada and two, 27-year old Wireless Operator Unteroffizier Helmut Reinhardt and 21-year old Bomb aimer Gefreiter Heinz Huhn were killed, their bodies being recovered later and buried in Holland and the UK (Cannock Chase German cemetery) respectively.


Just re posting this from another thread to point out that this aircraft is NOT a war grave as some comments on the Daily Mail link have suggested.

[birdie]

Thanks!

Great p[ics..



I take excepetion tp this quote from the article:
"Aircraft is in 'remarkable condition' ..."

it's a rusting hulk..I'd preserve as is, it would be a very cool static display..

[Jägermarty]

Great to see the Dornier raised but it's corroded to hell and in bits.
I can't see it making much of a display.
And yes, it was a well known wreck and dived on by many so wouldn't expect much to be left from the cockpit

[Willi Z.]

They should have left it alone. It is now a complete mess.

[Mike C]

I would disagree. It is the apparently the only DO-17 that might possibly be restored. As such, it is worth the effort. The other option was to leae it for 50 years - by which time it would be silt.

There appears to be much left to work with. For comparison, the Halifax pictured here came out of a lake in Norway (albeit in much better shape than the DO-17).

[reichenberg]

It seems there is no plan to restore it to it's original condition. It will be cleaned up (a process which could take up to a year) and then it will go on display as it is.