Greek Divers Recover WWII-Era Bomber From Seafloor
Posted Oct 13th 2006 7:17AM by Willy Volk
Filed under: Media, Military, Mediterranean
According to the Greek Air Force, Greek military divers successfully raised the wreckage of a German World War II Stuka bomber from the sea floor last Friday. Shot down in 1942, the Junkers-87 dive-bomber has been resting 492 feet below the surface, off the island of Rhodes. Initial reports do not indicate the existence of human remains.
Out of an estimated 6,000 aircraft produced between 1936 and 1944, only two survive intact in museums, although the wrecks of three more Stukas have been salvaged. This once-feared Nazi plane will be conserved and displayed at an air force museum near Athens.
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