Fascinating salvage job ahead, lets hope it goes well.
“Underwater footage of the wreck shows it largely intact. Some parts are missing - the bomb bay doors, the cockpit glazing, the undercarriage doors.
But the fuselage, the wings, the engines and propellers are still there.
And so is the landing gear, complete with fully inflated tyres.”
If they don’t muck up raising it, with the bits and pieces they already have I bet it will be restored to museum, if not flyable condition.
BTW, The Daily Mail has a better article than the IslamoMarxist BBC http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2318808/Last-surviving-Second-World-War-Dornier-bomber-raised-watery-grave-70-years-biggest-recovery-kind.html?ico=news%5Eheadlines
DO 17, nicknamed “The Flying Pencil”.
Cool! Last known one. There’s only 5 JU-87 Stukas left, one in Chicago’s MOS&I, another at the Imperial War Museum, the other three are piles of crash debris.