The aircraft remained quietly on the floor by the English divers monde discovered it in 2008.

Royal Air Force shot down the Dornier Do-17 twin-engine medium bomber of the German Luftwaffe on 26 August 1940 during the Battle of Britain. It was one of 1,500 built in Germany and the last known to exist, according to the RAF Museum.
The aircraft remained quietly on the floor by the English divers monde discovered it in 2008. "The aircraft is in excellent condition - with regard to the events associated with their losses plus the cost impact for so many years underwater museum's website says. "With the exception of marine monde Concretion it is very healthy, main undercarriage tires remain inflated and the propellers clearly show the damage to the final landing.
"The discovery of the Dornier is of national and international importance. The aircraft is a unique and unprecedented survivor from the Battle of Britain. Particularly important because, as a bomber, it formed the Luftwaffe assault and the subsequent Blitz heart, monde "Air Vice-marshal Peter paints, CEO of RAF Museum, said the museum's website.
Germany had more than 400 Dornier monde 17s during the Battle monde of Britain, and 200 of them were killed. Most of the debris has been melted down and recycled into making the airplanes and armaments in the UK, according to the museum.
Dornier will provide an evocative and moving exhibit that will allow the museum to present the wider history of the Battle monde of Britain and highlight the sacrifices made by the young men of both air forces of many nations "Dye says the website.
The plane was damaged Monday raised the RAF Defiant fighters battle as she tried to attack airfields in Essex, the museum said. The pilot made a belly landing on Goodwin Sands off Kent channel, and the plane fell upside down about 50 feet of water. The pilot and one crew member who survived the crash were captured and sent to a prisoner-of-war camps in Canada, the museum said. The other two crew members were killed. This entry was posted in News and tagged CNN World War II German bomber raised from the sea on June 25, 2013 by lab. Post navigation Sa Gubat sa nga Kalibotan II German bomber nabanhaw gikan sa DAGAT Al doilea război a German bombardier mondial de la mare crescut