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Wartime bomber to be restored at RAF Cosford
Friday 3rd September 2010, 5:59PM BST.
An underwater side scan of a twin-engined Dornier 17 German wartime bomber, which has been discovered on a sandbank off Deal, Kent,
A rare German wartime bomber found on a sandbank 70 years after it was shot down in the Battle of Britain is to be restored at RAF Museum Cosford, it has been revealed.
The twin-engined Dornier 17 first emerged from Goodwin Sands, a sandbank off the coast of Deal, Kent, two years ago, a museum spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman said the aircraft, known as a “Flying Pencil”, was part of a large enemy formation which attempted to attack airfields in Essex on August 26, 1940 but was intercepted by RAF fighters above Kent before the convoy reached its target.
A twin-engined Dornier 17 German bomber
The plane’s pilot, Willi Effmert, attempted to carry out a wheels-up landing on Goodwin Sands but, although he landed safely, the aircraft sank. He and one other crew member were captured but another two men died.
The spokeswoman said the plane was found in “remarkable” condition considering the years it had spent underwater.
Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye, director general of the RAF Museum, said: “The discovery of the Dornier is of national and international importance.
“The aircraft is a unique and unprecedented survivor from the Battle of Britain.”
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