Dornier 17: Salvaging a rare WWII plane from the seabed

[sailorman]

Work begins on Friday to raise a unique World War II aircraft from the floor of the English Channel just off the Kent coast. The Dornier 17 aircraft is the last of its kind, and lies in 50ft of water on the Goodwin Sands. The salvage is just the start of a two-year restoration project by the RAF Museum in Hendon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22380915

 

[Dazedkipper]

Let's hope the German expert has got it wrong and the plane is in reasonable condition.

BTW, what happened with the buried Spitfires in Burma?

 

[sailorman]

Let's hope the German expert has got it wrong and the plane is in reasonable condition.

BTW, what happened with the buried Spitfires in Burma?

there where no Spits

 

[jerrytug]

The Goodies hold a fascination,there must be so many amazing wrecks (and mariners' remains) churning slowly around in the quicksands.
And there is a free kindle book,1903,Heroes of the Goodwin Sands.

 

[Habebty]

Yep, me too, I would love a walk over the sands on a quiet weather day.
Anyone ever done that, and could recommend a good anchorage to get the dinghy out and see what is sticking out of the sand!

 

[bastonjock]

About 35 years ago I heard a rumour about an aircraft in loch lubnaig, that started off a search by my scuba diving friends and moi, after some more research we got involved with another scuba club and that led to a search in loch ness we located an aircraft which was too deep for we amatures to recover, the raf got invoved as we had sent them some photos, they then got a pro diving company to recover the aircraft as it was a wellington and they wanted it for their museum, the crazy thing was that whenit was on the barges deck, one guy connected up a battery and the lights came on.

 

[Biggles Wader]

Yep, me too, I would love a walk over the sands on a quiet weather day.
Anyone ever done that, and could recommend a good anchorage to get the dinghy out and see what is sticking out of the sand!

Back in the days of Hoverspeed they used to do trips out to the Goodwins by hovercraft,and I recall a cricket match being played out there.

 

[Cantata]

There was an edition of BBC's 'Coast' prog a few years ago that visited the Goodwins. What they didn't tell you, or show, was that the BBC luvvies ignored the pleas of the local RIB drivers who had taken them all out there, overstayed their welcome on the rising tide, precipitated a precautionary lifeboat shout and wrecked a load of precious tech equipment...
Not a nice place, at all. To be treated with the utmost respect!