50 years in salt water, how much is left?
Lets hope for enough of it to resemble a plane when it comes up. If stuck in the sand for the majority of those 50 years, it might not have fared too badly.
Time will tell though, looking forward to seeing the end result (and yes, maybe being a little disappointed).
Later in the article some experts tell them not to get their hopes up. They were made with aluminium frames and it’s very likely much of the structure has been eaten away. Interestingly they think they know exactly what day it was shot down and by whom. The pilot and copilot survived the crash.
The warbird salvage guys will settle on a single usable part, a rivet, a rubber grommet, etc and build a new replica aircraft around it.