Bf 109 to be raised in Norway

[Planebeach]

A intact Bf 109 will be raised next year. Video link belov, sorry that all text is in Norwegian.

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_ ... /1.6881382

[richkolasa]

Awesome! What depth is it at?

[DaveM2]

60 meters

[Jerry O'Neill]

Good thing it's not a U.S. Navy Me-109!
I the futurem we'd have to view it preserved on the ocean floor!
Jerry

[mustangdriver]

Good thing it's not a U.S. Navy Me-109!
I the futurem we'd have to view it preserved on the ocean floor!
Jerry

Jerry you may want to take alook at the thread about raising a Hellcat from Lake Michigan. The navy has changed it's ways and is raising the 3rd or 4th airframe this year.

[Chris Brame]

Good video - looks like it made a one-point landing on the bottom. What's the history?

[Warbird Kid]

Looks maybe like an E?

[Planebeach]

The 109 crash landed due to engine problems, the pilot was rescued by a local woman. It was on a reccon mission with 2 other 109s when it crash landed.

The plane is very intact, only thing missing is the armored canopie. After is is raised it will be restord and put on display at Bodø Aviation Museum.

[DaveM2]

Looks maybe like an E?

G-2

[Jerry O'Neill]

Good thing it's not a U.S. Navy Me-109!
I the futurem we'd have to view it preserved on the ocean floor!
Jerry

Jerry you may want to take alook at the thread about raising a Hellcat from Lake Michigan. The navy has changed it's ways and is raising the 3rd or 4th airframe this year.

I know there's been a change in how the Navy handles things, but I couldn't resist the jab!
Jerry

[kalamazookid]

Wow! What a find! Any guesses as to what unit it might have been from?

[DaveM2]

Wow! What a find! Any guesses as to what unit it might have been from?

No guess required - wk.nr. 14649, 'Yellow 3' of IV/JG5

[hang the expense]

Looks as if it may not be full of silt.That looks like a rather tough lift unless they can secure it by the engine and lift it just the way it is.Tricky.

[gary1954]

Looks as if it may not be full of silt.That looks like a rather tough lift unless they can secure it by the engine and lift it just the way it is.Tricky.

Tom, it looks like heavy cargo staps at the leading edge of the cwing root next to the fuselage, bracing up past the tail to keep the straps straight and from shifting into the fragile skin, pump the airbags to get a little lift and hoist 'er up. I would think that rotating her into a horizontal plane in reduced gravity being under water, though risky would afford better loading onto a barge and minimize the damage. just my thoughts on the process, course I ain't no rocket scientist 'er nuthin you understand

[Planebeach]

The 109 was lifted out of the water yesterday. But during loading onto land, the tail section broke of