Shot Down Planes Underwater

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102first_hussars

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Im not sure if these have been posted before but whatever
 

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i'll have to agree with u on that. given that it has been underwater for 60 odd years, its in purdy gosh darn golly good condition. A bit of tweaking here and there, and a lick of paint...good as new (or as close as dammit)

Prob not in flying condition tho...
 
It's the fate of the last existing Re-2001 (a shame, since a few exemplaries of Re-2001 survived the war, and were used by the metereological service of the AMI for several years) the MM8287, that crash landed near the coast of Sardinia on 11/04/1943 for an engine failure (the pilot survived).
It is currently under restoration.


GAVS Torino



restoration of the propeller


restoration of the fuselage


The same for the P-40L n. 42-10857, that crash landed in the sea near Anzio on 31/01/1944 for an engine failure. The pilot, Lt. Michael Mauritz, survived, was taken prisoner, escaped 9 days later and rejoined the allied forces on 25/06/1944.










www.honorguard.org


www.laviniomare.net



The aircraft was in exceptionally good conditions since it was covered by the sand (however there were too many persons over the wings )
 
Consolidated Catalina, strafed while floating by the Macchi C-202 of the Marshall Ennio "Banana" Tarantola (11 personal and 4 shared kills) on 02 august 1943 near the coast of Sardinia.

the nose




instruments panel


left wing


right wing


engine


www.abyssi.it
 
Royzee617 said:
BTW a recent TV doc of exploring the Ark Royal had some amazing footage of their Stringbags and Fulmars on the floor of the Med.
Click to expand...

I saw that one too, the stringbags were in a very sorry state due to their tubular - fabric construction, but the condition of the fulmars was better due to their metal stressed skin construction.

to think, that the ark royal neednt have sunk if only they'd steamed to port SLOWER!
 
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