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Re: International Treaty?
Posted by Cees Broere on Mon Jan 05, 2004 01:56:04 PM
In reply top International Treaty? posted by andy saunders on Sun Jan 04, 2004 06:22:57 PM
Hi Andy,
All I know about this is that all assets by the German Luftwaffe were declared to be property of the nation on whose territory they were located (in this case the Netherlands). I haven't seen anything in writing about this but it is generally agreed that the German gouvernment holds no rights regarding (aircraft) wrecks. If a wreck is recovered with missing crewmembers then there is a sort of co-operation based on mutual agreement but there is no dispute about the wreckage. That usually stays in the country or it should have been donated by the authorities, and I know that some years ago wreckage from a Ju 88 that had been recovered by the RNethAF was indeed donated to a German museum.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Cees