An interesting story about the remains of a Dornier Do217 being retrieved from a cave in the Pyrenees where it was thrown during the war by fearful locals.
Recovering WW2 bomber hidden in a French cave.
Dornier Do217 hauled out of a cave.
An interesting story about the remains of a Dornier Do217 being retrieved from a cave in the Pyrenees where it was thrown during the war by fearful locals.
Recovering WW2 bomber hidden in a French cave.
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
Wow it's amazing what is still being found!....
That's pretty cool, thanks for posting it!
Fascinating !
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
I think there is something not being said,what happened to the crews ?.
there still must be some mystery to be solved here, the locals must have buried the 4 engines as they would not have been able to hale them up a mountain and throw them the hole also the remains of the crew men and 2 aircraft colliding leaves a hell of a mess. there still must be fair bit of Do217 up in the hills
Yeah....should look great when its restored ! lol
Prost ! Steve.
Here is another article from a French website with the crew mentioned in the final paragraph. If you don't speak French then use Google translate.
A Luftwaffe bomber in the abyss of Sacon.
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
Another incredible find for German WW2 aviation history! The Flying Pencil they recovered from the channel should also make for a real impressive piece when finally put on display!
thanks Adrian for trans.info
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