DO 17 found ...

Will be interesting to see how the plane cleans up once it's recovered. No mistaking the Dornier outline on that scan imagery.
 
This is not the first time I know of aircraft being found in sand. I just don't know when it was, but it was a long time ago.
 
Allen said:
This is not the first time I know of aircraft being found in sand. I just don't know when it was, but it was a long time ago.
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Quite a few years ago I read a short article (no pics) about Allied and Axis aircraft being recovered during land reclamation around the Zuyder Zee in the Netherlands. I got the impression that these planes were essentially intact - tires still held air, coffee still in thermos bottles, and in some cases when the crew didn't make it out their remains were mummified but intact. Haven't seen or read anything else since. Maybe our Dutch SOH members know if any of these crash sites were salvageable.
 
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