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  • Greek divers lift WWII bomber wreckage - German Junkers-87 Stuka dive-bomber

    10/06/2006 6:42:29 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 65 replies · 5,263+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/6/06 | Nicholas Paphitiis - ap
    ATHENS, Greece - Greek military divers Friday successfully raised the wreckage of a German World War II Stuka bomber from the sea off the eastern island of Rhodes, the air force said. The Junkers-87 dive-bomber was shot down in 1943 and will be conserved and displayed at the air force museum at an airport near Athens, air force spokesman Col. Ioannis Papageorgiou said. Papageorgiou said there was no trace of the two airmen's bodies. "The plane was raised a couple of hours ago, and I don't know yet whether there are any remains inside," he told The Associated Press. He...