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Rare WWII Dornier 17 plane to be raised from seabed - 5/3/2013 11:32:49 PM   
ezz

 

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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 that 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.

Good. I always liked the look of that plane.
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RE: Rare WWII Dornier 17 plane to be raised from seabed - 5/4/2013 8:53:04 AM   
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RE: Rare WWII Dornier 17 plane to be raised from seabed - 5/16/2013 9:37:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		It always surprises me that this sort of thing aren't found by fishing trawlers etc more often. Perhaps nets are mysteriously broken and the fishermen just write it off as bad luck.

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RE: Rare WWII Dornier 17 plane to be raised from seabed - 5/16/2013 10:41:35 AM   
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RE: Rare WWII Dornier 17 plane to be raised from seabed - 5/16/2013 1:56:57 PM   
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ORIGINAL: demjansk
keep us updated


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RE: Rare WWII Dornier 17 plane to be raised from seabed - 5/16/2013 8:03:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice share. A pity the video doesn't mention if there were any survivors from the crew.

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RE: Rare WWII Dornier 17 plane to be raised from seabed - 6/10/2013 8:25:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		They raised it then - or what was left of it.....

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RE: Rare WWII Dornier 17 plane to be raised from seabed - 6/11/2013 5:21:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		I wonder what they are going to do with the carcass of the bomber? Surely they can't resurrect that thing can they?

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RE: Rare WWII Dornier 17 plane to be raised from seabed - 6/11/2013 8:06:28 PM   
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Nice share. A pity the video doesn't mention if there were any survivors from the crew.



From the latest linked article

"Two of the four crew members died and were buried elsewhere, and two - including the pilot - survived to become prisoners of war"

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