November 12, 2006: German WW2 aircraft is salvaged

Another xoB/WaPo image gives us this Folke Wolf 190 aircraft, being raised off the island of Sotra, Norway. According to the official cap, it made an emergency sea landing in 1943.

According to the Wikipedia entry on the FW-190, it looked more like this before its dunk 63 years ago:

Interesting photo, amazing how much is left of it after 60 years under water.

More photos can be found here.

Great link Nietzman.

I had a Jr High School English teacher, Jim Brown, who was a war corespondent in London and wrote a book called Focke Wulf.

He told of a returning war hero, Sven Johanson from Minnesota, an Ace fighter pilot, addressing the ladies auxiliary of the VFW.
Sven told a harrowing tale of being attacked by a squadron of Focke Wulfs.
"Ya, they vaz everywhere, fockers behind me, fockers above me, fockers below me, fockers all around me. But I fight them off, shoot some down and lucky to get home, you betcha."
After his rousing description of the battle, the Ladies Auxiliary President explained to the group the the fockers were the dreaded Focke Wulf fighters of the Third Reich.
Sven interrupted saying, "No, these fockers were Messerschmitts."

Would Jim Brown lie to me?

Permit me...

Bouillabaisse. Yum!

There, that's taken care of.. <slapping hands together in a dusting off motion>

Awesome plane!. I love how the Sea preserves stuff. Puts me in mind of the Marie Rose.

How long before thay get it back in the air? <snicker>

And for more adventures under the sea, including finding a lost train (yes, a train):

The Sea Hunters by Clive Cussler

http://www.amazon.com/SEA-HUNTERS-Cl...e=UTF8&s=books

60 years under the sea, miraculous !

Phenomenal