A plane just found in the ocean nearby

[Tkib]

A plane just found in the ocean nearby, any thoughts?

 

[Tkib]

A plane just found in the ocean nearby, any thoughts?

 

[Tkib]

View: https://youtu.be/PMB_5pjLwQ0

 

[Snautzer01]

German. Not sending - emergency signal

 

[Snautzer01]

Eliptical. Only skeleton. He111?

 

[mjfur]

Perhaps some type of long range Sea plane.

 

[mjfur]

The big clue to ID'ing this aircraft will be the engine with a radiator just in front of it.

 

[cammerjeff]

CASA 2.111?

 

[fubar57]

I don't have volume. Where is "nearby"?

 

[Capt. Vick]

To the left there appears to be a "V" shaped rib, perhaps the bottom of a seaplane hull or float?

The above three images show, I believe the top of a pontoon or float.

 

[smutny]

The news station is Norwegian.

I don't have volume. Where is "nearby"?

 

[smutny]

To me, the engine looks like it could be a Jumo 205.

The control surface, which I'm going to guess is an aileron, comes to a point like on the Dornier Do 18. It even has the thicker trailing edge after the curve like the photo stolen from Alamy.

Seems finding German seaplanes around the Norwegian coast isn't that unusual. From the Bv 138 Wikipedia page:

"In June 2013, a vessel from the Norwegian Geological Survey filmed a Blohm & Voss BV 138 at a depth of 35 m in Porsangerfjorden, Norway, not far from the WWII German seaplane harbour in Indre Billefjord.[18]​

Another wreckage of a BV 138 was identified by the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority on the seabed near Svalbard in 2022[19]"

 

[cammerjeff]

I think you have convinced me on a Do-18, I was thinking BV-138 but it did not seem to fit. The Do-18 has both a large DF Loop antenna, and 1 or 2 manually operated gun rings that could be the large round item in the video. Good call I had forgotten about the D0-18 for some reason. And its location in Norway also makes me more likely to believe that ID.

source Dornier Do 18

 

[Tkib]

I don't have volume. Where is "nearby"?

 

[Tkib]

Tjøtta

 

[Tkib]

In the newspaper last night, it is a Heinkel 59.

 

[cammerjeff]

I can see it a He 59 also, but the engine looked more like an inline model not a V type engine in the Video. But hard to tell for sure.

 

[Tkib]

I can see it a He 59 also, but the engine looked more like an inline model not a V type engine in the Video. But hard to tell for sure.

I can see it a He 59 also, but the engine looked more like an inline model not a V type engine in the Video. But hard to tell for sure.

The radiator U form according to the experts.

 

[smutny]

I'm not sure I agree. The 59 has ailerons hinged at the leading edge while the 18 has a hinge point further back. The video shows ailerons with a tubular spar which is indicative of an off-set hinge point.

Would love to see an IPC for either airplane to be sure.

 

[MIflyer]

No problem. We'll have it back on the line end of the week.