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Re: Lake Schwerin Dora

Posted by Mikael O on Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:56:31 AM

In reply top Re: Lake Schwerin Dora posted by Dave on Mon Jul 22, 2002 07:18:53 AM

Cees,

The photo isn't recent! (I never wrote that it was! ;-), I think it was taken in or around 1999. But since I haven't got a more up to date photo this one will have to do for the time being.

/Mikael


: : Hi all,
: :
: : ON Mikaels site there is a recent photo of the Fw190-D w
: hi
: : ch was recovered from Lake Schwering during the early ni
: ne
: : ties. In ten years or so progress is very slow but at le
: as
: : t the fuselage is looking good.
: :
: : Dave, do you know what they will do with the wings? Are
: th
: : e original ones being restored or scrapped?
:
:
: Cees
:
: The wings were recovered , but in quite poor condition , s
: ometime after the fuselage ... I haven't heard if they are
: trying to restore them or build new ones. The fuselage af
: t of the cockpit had to be built new , as the original cor
: roded away during an extended period in storage ... Cockpi
: t forward was in very good nick as it was buried in the mu
: d.
: Supposedly other wrecks in Schwerin , as a Luftwaffe base
: was nearby , although it is reported that they may have b
: een recovered by the Soviets postwar
:
: Dave

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