Dornier 17-Z, Goodwin Sands, 26 August 1940

[Flying_pencil]

Originally Posted by Phil Lloyd

Thanks for the welcome FP.

The wreck would be opposite what is now the Sandwich Bay Golf Course. I'll dig out the photos and try and upload them.

Back in 2003 I had the good fortune to work on a 60th Anniversary Dambusters DVD for the RAFM and worked with Ian Thirsk who is leading the recovery. A great chap, and if anyone can get it raised, he will...:-)

That's good to know about Ian.
I have been in direct contact with him last few weeks about the 17.

[Andy Saunders]

An excellent article a couple of months ago in FlyPast by our own Chris Goss about this Dornier, for anyone who didn't see it.

As Spring is just around the corner, one wonders what plans might be moving forward to raise this wreck? The last I heard was that RAFM were seemingly casting around for the funding of £5K to carry out a survey dive last November, but I don't know if that went ahead or if finding funding for that operation was really an issue? It begs the question, though; if £5K was being sought for a survey then is the massive funding for an actual lift yet in place?

It could well be that security and keeping the story "tight" is an issue, in which case that is all understood of course. However, if one doesn't ask then one wont get the answers that may well be out there.

Whatever, the RAFM are to be wished good luck in tackling this project if, indeed, it is going to happen this year.

[Phil Lloyd]

Reliably informed that a lift is planned for late July-early August.

[Andy Saunders]

Phil

Not sure how reliable your information was? Or whether late July/early August for the lift was deliberately non-specific in terms of the year it will be carried out.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1VJiganCE

We all wish the project well, I'm sure.

But....

[andy bird]

Working at the RAFML I know the tender has gone out for the 'lifting of" and that the men in grey suits were deciding which one to go with last week. Trips have been mad to Norway to see how they preserved a Ju88. But the main cost will be the vast 'tanks' to be built at Cosford to preserve the Do.

I believe the BBC have been commissioned to do a program of the lift etc.,

Lift end of August.

Kind Regards

Andy

[Andy Saunders]

Andy

Thanks for that.

Presumably, therefore, funding is not an issue and the news media have gotten the wrong end of the stick?

If a lift is scheduled for the end of August, planning etc must presumably be at an advanced stage. On that basis, can we thus expect news in the next couple of weeks?

[Flying_pencil]

Originally Posted by andy bird

Working at the RAFML I know the tender has gone out for the 'lifting of" and that the men in grey suits were deciding which one to go with last week. Trips have been mad to Norway to see how they preserved a Ju88. But the main cost will be the vast 'tanks' to be built at Cosford to preserve the Do.

I believe the BBC have been commissioned to do a program of the lift etc.,

Lift end of August.

Kind Regards

Andy

I assume you refer to the Ju-88A-5 that is now in Germany?
That was fished from salt water, not the A-1 they currently are working on.


And fingers crossed on recovery of Do17!

[Observer1940]

Hi

The lifting project is apparently in the news today:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22726671
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22728775

Mark

[Phil Lloyd]

BBC news lunchtime informing that the Dornier is coming up at 9pm tonight.
All fingers crossed for a successful lift.

[Chris Goss]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22746342

For anyone interested!