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jack973
PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:00 am 
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here i give you the link where the news appeared, very nice pictures

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... m-sea.html
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Brenden S
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Wow, what a find, and thanks for sharing. I too hope one day they can raise the aircraft. Certainly looks like a very good candidate for a restoration.
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Awesome find. But wait… there were casualties on board? And they still hope to raise her? Well… I know some people here may disagree but I like that idea. I know some camps (especially the NAVY) poo poo the idea but I've always thought it was better to recover the MIA and give them a proper burial. Then use the plane, ship, etc. for the greatest good.

Namely for aircraft preservation. Whether that means in "as is" condition or total restoration back to airworthyness is a case by case matter.

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The level of preservation is unbelievable. I especially like the guy holding the machine gun magazine. In any other western country the bomb squad would have been called in. :roll:

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"Nazi plane"! What's that ? I knew about the German Air force or the Luftwaffe but, thanks to the Dailymail, i now know that the National Socialist party had its own air force !!!

Sorry, but what a stupid title!

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Sigh. thats the 21st Century we live in. For anyone who isn't the least bit knowledgeable about WWII, German = Nazi

At least in the future they'll be accurate about WWII.

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The divers made the discovery while searching for a different plane.
Instead of finding the Ju88 they were expecting, they found a Ju52 'Iron Annie', a type used extensively as a transporter aircraft by the Luftwaffe during the war.

Hope they find the Ju88; if it's in the same shape as this plane it would be a real score.

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Chris Brame wrote:
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The divers made the discovery while searching for a different plane.
Instead of finding the Ju88 they were expecting, they found a Ju52 'Iron Annie', a type used extensively as a transporter aircraft by the Luftwaffe during the war.

Hope they find the Ju88; if it's in the same shape as this plane it would be a real score.


And for that matter, how many other aircraft are in there!? Could be a lake Michigan of Eastern Europe.

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