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German aircraft engines found at Frankfurt airport.
Posted by Tony on Tue Nov 06, 2001 10:02:42 AM
In reply top null posted by null on null
My translation from German.... so original text as well for Christer and Oliver etc.
Source Frankfurt Airport press office, Frankfurter Rundschau
26Th Okt 2001 105/01 FRA/wds - There was a surprise during a routine search for bombs and munitions from the second world war:2 meters in the ground at , searchers struck eleven airplane motors of the Luftwaffe. South of the airport gate 32 there had stood two warehouse halls of the US Air Force that has used this area since 1945. Such finds are not made every day. Altogether eleven high performance engines and spares -in good condition - were uncovered in the Southern airport area . They were produced for, among other things Me 109 and FW 190. The Engines were manufactured by Daimler-Benz, BMW and squire?
The engines had been buried, shortly before the arrival of the Americans, on the last day of the war . The engines have been transferred to the Luftwaffe Air Force-museum in Berlin-Gatow. 26. Okt 2001
105/01
FRA/wds - ?berraschung bei der routinem??igen Suche nach Bomben und Granaten aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg: Etwa zwei Meter tief steckten im Boden der CargoCity S?d elf Flugzeugmotoren der deutschen Luftwaffe.
S?dlich des Flughafentores 32 standen bis vor kurzem zwei Lagerhallen der US Air Force, die dieses Gel?nde seit 1945 nutzte. Als im Zuge des Ausbaus der CargoCity S?d die Fraport AG diese alten Geb?ude abrei?en lie?, r?ckten anschlie?end - wie bei jeder Tiefbauma?nahme am Airport - Spezialisten f?r das Entmunitionieren an. Solche Funde machen sie aber nicht jeden Tag...
Insgesamt elf Hochleistungsmotoren - teilweise noch in recht gutem Zustand - wurden nacheinander im S?den des Flughafengel?ndes ausgegraben. Produziert worden waren sie einst unter anderem f?r die Jagdflugzeuge Me 109 und FW 190. Es handelte sich um Triebwerke von Daimler-Benz, BMW und Junkers. Die Bergung dieser Motoren, die Einheiten der Luftwaffe kurz vor dem Eintreffen der Amerikaner in den letzten Kriegstagen vergraben hatten und die danach Jahrzehnte unter Lager-Fundamenten ?berdauerten, ?bernahm die Flughafenfeuerwehr. Die Fraport AG hat die Fundst?cke zun?chst dem Luftwaffen-Museum in Berlin-Gatow ?berlassen.
Follow Ups:
- Re: German aircraft engines found at Frankfurt airport. - Cees Broere Tue Nov 06, 2001 10:19:29 AM
- Has anyone got the phone number for Gatow -lol :0)N/T. - Tony Tue Nov 06, 2001 10:29:57 AM
- Oh yes ...... loel (laughing out even louder) :-) - Christer Tue Nov 06, 2001 12:10:48 PM
- hahahahahahahahaahahaa :0) - Tony Tue Nov 06, 2001 03:35:50 PM
- Tony, Your translation was pretty good but, ... - Christer Tue Nov 06, 2001 04:07:27 PM
- Oh just laugh it up boys :0) - Tony Wed Nov 07, 2001 06:42:44 AM
- Here is the map at ...... - Christer Wed Nov 07, 2001 10:55:07 AM
- Indiana Christer - Indiana Tony Wed Nov 07, 2001 11:21:21 AM
- Had a look on ...... - Christer Wed Nov 07, 2001 01:12:30 PM
- I was wrong ...... - Christer Thu Nov 08, 2001 11:30:19 AM
- Good lord Christer! - Tony Thu Nov 08, 2001 01:29:24 PM
- I´ve got a friend ...... - Christer Thu Nov 08, 2001 01:51:07 PM
- Tony's always....... - MGM Thu Nov 08, 2001 01:55:39 PM
- I refer you to the Brithish humour thread :0) - Tony Thu Nov 08, 2001 02:04:56 PM
- Re: I´ve got a friend ...... - Christer Sat Nov 10, 2001 04:36:08 AM
- So this ex-friend of yours? - Tony Sat Nov 10, 2001 08:16:45 AM
- Bomb Craters ? - MGM Thu Nov 08, 2001 01:53:44 PM
- Wouldn't that just beat all.. - Lynn Ritger Fri Nov 09, 2001 02:31:58 PM
- I´ve got a friend ...... - Christer Thu Nov 08, 2001 01:51:07 PM
- Good lord Christer! - Tony Thu Nov 08, 2001 01:29:24 PM
- I was wrong ...... - Christer Thu Nov 08, 2001 11:30:19 AM
- Another one with development history - Christer Thu Nov 08, 2001 11:14:56 AM
- Here is the map at ...... - Christer Wed Nov 07, 2001 10:55:07 AM
- Oh just laugh it up boys :0) - Tony Wed Nov 07, 2001 06:42:44 AM
- Tony, Your translation was pretty good but, ... - Christer Tue Nov 06, 2001 04:07:27 PM
- hahahahahahahahaahahaa :0) - Tony Tue Nov 06, 2001 03:35:50 PM
- Oh yes ...... loel (laughing out even louder) :-) - Christer Tue Nov 06, 2001 12:10:48 PM
- Has anyone got the phone number for Gatow -lol :0)N/T. - Tony Tue Nov 06, 2001 10:29:57 AM
- Re: Esquire Esq-52/3m?? Esq 87?? :) N/T - Tulio Tue Nov 06, 2001 12:39:56 PM
- Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Christer Tue Nov 06, 2001 01:02:56 PM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Cees Broere Wed Nov 07, 2001 02:30:59 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Christer Wed Nov 07, 2001 05:38:42 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Cees Broere Wed Nov 07, 2001 07:30:21 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Tulio Wed Nov 07, 2001 10:00:42 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Christer Wed Nov 07, 2001 10:12:22 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Tony Wed Nov 07, 2001 11:38:18 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Steve Young Wed Nov 07, 2001 02:03:41 PM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Tony Wed Nov 07, 2001 11:38:18 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Christer Wed Nov 07, 2001 10:12:22 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Tulio Wed Nov 07, 2001 10:00:42 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Cees Broere Wed Nov 07, 2001 07:30:21 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Christer Wed Nov 07, 2001 05:38:42 AM
- Re: Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Cees Broere Wed Nov 07, 2001 02:30:59 AM
- What all the best dressed Luftwaffe pilots are seen in..... - Tony Tue Nov 06, 2001 03:40:00 PM
- Crossed my mind too but, ...... - Christer Tue Nov 06, 2001 01:02:56 PM
- Maybe they have a motor for my FW :-) - Will Fowler Tue Nov 06, 2001 10:52:29 PM