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arrowmaker
May 3rd, 2013, 21:22
Work is beginning to raise a German bomber from the floor of the English Channel more than 70 years after it was shot down during the Battle of Britain.

The Dornier 17 is the last of its kind and lies in 15m (50ft) of water on the Goodwin Sands off the coast of Kent.

Originally designed as a fast reconnaissance aircraft, slim and manoeuvrable, it had been converted by the Luftwaffe in the mid-1930s into a medium bomber.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eK5JIjhYgqE

FSX68
May 4th, 2013, 14:34
Work is beginning to raise a German bomber from the floor of the English Channel more than 70 years after it was shot down during the Battle of Britain.

The Dornier 17 is the last of its kind and lies in 15m (50ft) of water on the Goodwin Sands off the coast of Kent.

Originally designed as a fast reconnaissance aircraft, slim and manoeuvrable, it had been converted by the Luftwaffe in the mid-1930s into a medium bomber.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eK5JIjhYgqE

That's quite a find. Hope it can be raised in one piece.

CWOJackson
May 4th, 2013, 15:33
It always amazes me how a plane, built in the thousands, could literally disappear. It will be nice this one can be fully restored so that at least one remains.