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by SnailRFC » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:57 am
Thought this might be of interest......
LONDON — A rare World War II German bomber, shot down over the English Channel in 1940 and hidden for years by shifting sands at the bottom of the sea, is so well preserved a British museum wants to raise it.
The Dornier 17 — thought to be world's last known example — was hit as it took part in the Battle of Britain.
It ditched in the sea just off the Kent coast, southeast England, in an area known as the Goodwin Sands.
story continues on link.........
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42501023/ns ... e-science/
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by Jigsaw » Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:11 am
Very interesting. Thanks for the link mate.
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by Mayfly » Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:52 pm
This was on Breakfast TV last week - evidently treasure hunting divers are taking pieces as souvenirs.
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by Last Lightning » Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:52 pm
A very well known wreck, that the RAFM has been going on about for a while now, wish they would just get on with rescuing her
She always seems to hit the news/TV etc when not much else is happening.....
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