#3086119 - 09/03/10 09:03 AM
Rare German wartime bomber found in Kent seabed to be raised
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Moggy
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By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:58 AM on 3rd September 2010 A rare German wartime bomber which was discovered on a sandbank 70 years after it was shot down during the Battle of Britain is to be raised, it was announced today. The twin-engined Dornier 17 first emerged from Goodwin Sands, a ten-mile long sandbank off the coast of Deal, Kent, two years ago, a spokesman for the RAF Museum said. Since then, the museum has worked with Wessex Archaeology to complete a full survey of the wreck site, usually associated with shipwrecks, before the plane is recovered and eventually exhibited as part of the Battle of Britain Beacon project. Read more
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#3086139 - 09/03/10 10:12 AM
Re: Rare German wartime bomber found in Kent seabed to be raised
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Fran_Zee
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She´s lying belly-up with bombbays and access hatch widely open. Right tail wing is missing, too. Won´t be much to rescue inside the bomber  Nevertheless, hopefully the salt water did not do too much damage - the electron parts will have vanished - and the silt has preserved it from corrosion. In the Ijssel Lake, Netherlands (sweetwater) a Do215 is lying under similar conditions.
Greetings Fran http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/franzee.html______________________________________________ "War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."( Bertrand Russell )
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#3088293 - 09/06/10 09:22 PM
Re: Rare German wartime bomber found in Kent seabed to be raised
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Blackplume
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My Dads ashes are scattered here!! Lived in Ramsgate and was well known to the lifeboat crew  Cant wait to see the bomber though. Will ask the lifeboat crew to see if they can grab some photos for me.
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#3103979 - 09/29/10 09:28 PM
Re: Rare German wartime bomber found in Kent seabed to be raised
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PeterMBooth
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Hi Guys,
This from the latest edition of "Flypast" Magazine. Not sure exactly who shot it down, could have been a Defiant of 264 Squadron which certainly intercepted the raid and claimed 6 destroyed and 1 damaged before they were bounced by the 109 escort from the Staff Staffel of JG3 and lost 3 of their own. Could equally have been somebody from 56, 610 and 616 Squadrons which were also involved and shot down a number of 109's.
The Dorniers were apparently from III/KG3. All the losses were from 7 Staffel. It is Do17 Z-2 code 5K+AR serial 1160? and lies on its back in what is said to be very good condition and largely intact. The RAF Museum Hendon and Wessex Archaeology have surveyed the site and decided to raise and restore it. There has been some vandalism but some of the "stolen" parts have been recovered and a plan is in hand to protect the site prior to recovery. It make take quite some time but this old warbird could end up as part of the display at Hendon.
Peter
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#3104704 - 09/30/10 08:17 PM
Re: Rare German wartime bomber found in Kent seabed to be raised
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Hi John,
Loads I guess.
Peter
With increasing age should come wisdom and tolerance, but as the saying goes, "there is no fool like an old fool" as I prove regularly!
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#3105058 - 10/01/10 12:07 PM
Re: Rare German wartime bomber found in Kent seabed to be raised
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Fran_Zee
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"The plane's pilot, Willi Effmert, attempted to carry out a wheels-up landing on Goodwin Sands but, although he landed safely, the aircraft sank. He and one other crew member were captured but another two men died." Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...0#ixzz116lno8D0
Greetings Fran http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/franzee.html______________________________________________ "War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."( Bertrand Russell )
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