Plane wreck in the Aegean

[obdl3945]

Aw, guys...

This has to be the funniest post I've read in a while... I roared out loud with laughter... mental image of Franck throwing up into a cash register unaware of Byron substituting his elegant yacht for a rusty old tub... !

Seriously, though... it's not often I say this about a wreck at the bottom of a ridiculously clear blue sea, but that first image especially gives a stunning view.

A great find and very well photographed...

Regards to all,

Paul

[byron-]

Hi guys,
I think we have lots of boat and sea admirers here

“Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

[Nick Beale]

There's a slight danger of you guys going off topic!

[byron-]

Hi Nick,
There are a lot of German planes under these waters, we have only to find them

[VtwinVince]

Very true. The old people in Plimiri, at the south end of Rodos, told me that a JU52 was lying in the water, not far off shore, and that members of the crew had washed ashore and were buried in the local church cemetery. I tried but could not find the wreckage. This was from when the Italians switched sides in September, 1943. I did some digging around the ruins of the Italian barracks, and found many relics, including spent 98K cartridges and 30mm cannon casings.

[byron-]

Hi Vince,
This plane you mean was a Stuka Ju 87 and has finally been raised from the bottom of the sea in 2006. It`s now in Tatoi museum.

[gkarelas]

Hello everybody, The plane has been dived and identified since 2009 thanks to Dave and Ferdinando D'Amico.
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...rchetti_i.html
Further research is carried out by the Hellenic Instute of Maritime Archaeology

[VtwinVince]

Hi Byron,

Thanks for the update, that is interesting.