Dornier 17 Found

[Dora9a]

Found this yesterday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12997528

Cheers

[Django]

I was just about to post that!

Pretty neat.

[Dora9a]

Definitely!!

[StangStung]

This is super cool. The folks at Hendon have done such a great job with their muesum, this would be a great excuse to get back.

Not to thread-jack, but since we're on the topic of Dorniers, does anyone have any pics of the Do-215 that was to be recovered from the wetlands in the Netherlands?

[Chris Brame]

"The fact that it was almost entirely made of aluminum and produced in one piece may have contributed to its preservation," Garside told Reuters.

Billet bomber

[DaveM2]

This is super cool. The folks at Hendon have done such a great job with their muesum, this would be a great excuse to get back.

Not to thread-jack, but since we're on the topic of Dorniers, does anyone have any pics of the Do-215 that was to be recovered from the wetlands in the Netherlands?

Do-17 has been discussed at length here when it was first discovered, do a search.
IIRC there are no plans to recover the 215

[StangStung]

I recall a while back (two or three years ago), there was talk of a local air museum recovering the 215. There's a mention of it over on that bastion of the interwebz fact: Wikipedia. Perhaps like other warbird recovery ideas, the money didn't catch up with the dream. In any case, I figured if anything had come of the 215 recovery, someone here would know.

[Steve Nelson]

How intact is the 215? Even if it's mangled up, it could provide some needed parts for the 17.

SN

[agent86]

The plane has been in the Briney for approx 71 years,The DO-17 was a lightly built airframe to begin with.I wouldnt get my hopes up too high concerning recovery.I'm guessing they will haul a pile of corroded metal to the surface.I hope i'm wrong but I have my doubts.salt water,aluminium,magnesium and 71 years make bad partners