Talking of Dorniers - recovery operation ok!

I don't think that I would quite agree that this aircraft is in "remarkable condition". Better have some deep pockets if restoration is attempted here.
 
Since it's the Beeton restoration workshop at Cosford which will be doing the job, it's not likely to be more than cleaning up the remains and stripping the weed and barnacles off. Think displayable wreck, not Grand Winner at Oshkosh or Duxford.

Speaking of Cosford, guess where I'm taking the gang shortly...
 
Have you noticed this bit in the article?: "The plane was forced to make a belly-up emergency landing on the Goodwin Sands, in Kent, at low tide following a firefight in the skies above which left crew wounded and both engines damaged".

Either our Househobbit has been on active duty longer than we think or the reporter should learn the distinction between a wheels-up landing and a belly landing...
Apparently the a/c made a wheels-up landing and unfortunately flipped over.
 
Hmmm. Hobbits are rather long-lived, y'know... and reporters never get their stories wrong!
 
RATS!! Caught again!!

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Wasn't my fault!!
Nasty little Spitfires were everywhere!!

Needed to stop by the pub, and landed as normal!!
Then things went really wrong???
Oh well, they had good Mead at the pub anyway..Oh yea!
 
You've been overdoing the mead again Owen, the Goodwin Sands has never had a pub, it's an area of submerged sandbanks some miles offshore, not ye olde holiday resort with mediaeval sand castles.

And I think the Oberst wants a word with you about the number of aircraft you've lost lately...
 
hairyspin said:
You've been overdoing the mead again Owen, the Goodwin Sands has never had a pub, it's an area of submerged sandbanks some miles offshore, not ye olde holiday resort with mediaeval sand castles.

And I think the Oberst wants a word with you about the number of aircraft you've lost lately...
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Yep! That explains it..thought I was lost, when I had to swim, walk and scurry to the nearest Pub..
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On Goes the Ring..:pop4:

And it wasn't my fault, never take directions from a drunk fairy!
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And where is the Eastern front?/ Got new orders!!
 
I thought one of the interesting parts of this was that it was brought down by a Boulton Paul Defiant. I know they did score some victories, but still, it is not a statement you read very often.

I admit it looks pretty rough, but I don't think any of us would look much better after 70 years under water.
 
I thought one of the interesting parts of this was that it was brought down by a Boulton Paul Defiant. I know they did score some victories, but still, it is not a statement you read very often.
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Yes the Defiant is much maligned and over-looked in its role as a daytime fighter. There were single seat squadrons that suffered greater losses in the battle. Had it been employed further north away from the 109's its story would have been very different.

I'm very sorry to hear that the Dornier won't be fully restored, I think that's a missed opportunity and probably down to finances as much as intent.
I was equally disappointed when I heard that the recently restored Defiant was being repainted in its old night-fighter colours rather than to represent it's zenith as a 264 sqdn aircraft.

There's an intersting thread and good pics here:
http://forum.keypublishing.com/show...in-Sands-Dornier-Recovery-2013-Thread/page22&
 
I've been following the progress of the Dornier, look at this! Amazing preservation after 73 years in the channel and a tribute to German corrosion protection! No idea what it is though..

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Yes likewise, interesting stuff.

The FL number FL50550 is clear, and puts it in the weapons control area. Arn. Kiekert Söhne, is the manufacturer (who now or used to make central locking equipment for cars), a so maybe an auxillary weapons control for the bomb aimer?

Shessi
 
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