Heinkel He115 recovered in norway

[bigduke6]

Don't know if anyone has seen this one (in 2 parts) I couldn't believe the condition of the engine in part 2, after the clean etc....

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[browningautorifle]

I've heard the ice cold water keeps everything about perfect...clean water...

[mrclark303]

Amazing condition, even by Norwegian recovery standards, thanks for posting Geoff..

[WarPig1976]

They weren't too worried about preserving and tagging items when that fellow was taking a fire hose to her. I realize it's to lose the weight of the mud for the sake of the crane but did they have to use the biggest hammer they had. Probably a fixed bid and not an hourly job.

[browningautorifle]

Probably a fixed bid and not an hourly job.

And not really history oriented...

[Bob Womack]

Lots of pilots, both German and British, owed their lives to this design during the Battle of Britain. It was really a funny situation: the Germans used them as an air/sea rescue vehicle for downed pilots, picking up Brits and Germans ind1scriminately. In this role they sometimes even marked them with red crosses. Knowing that they were a bomber type, the Brits didn't particularly avoid shooting them down, unless they knew there was a rescued Brit aboard!

Bob