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22nd May 2010, 22:08
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Bf 109 salvaged at Rørvik, Norway
Uffz.Günther Seraphim's Messerschmitt was salvaged from the sea and brought to Rørvik today.
Seraphim made a forced landing on the sea due to engine failure. He was rescued by locals. Here are a few pics of Gelbe 3 (WNr.14649) enjoy! regards flyvrak www.flyvrak.info 
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23rd May 2010, 04:56
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Re: Bf 109 salvaged at Rørvik, Norway
NIIIIIIIIICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
 Mike
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23rd May 2010, 09:10
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Re: Bf 109 salvaged at Rørvik, Norway
Hi Flyvrak,
Nice! Who did the salvage? Any plans with the wrack or do you have any information how they will prevent that the wrack will start to rot? Hilsen, Mathieu.
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23rd May 2010, 10:27
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23rd May 2010, 14:45
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Re: Bf 109 salvaged at Rørvik, Norway
Very nice! The paint condition on the 3 is amazing!
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23rd May 2010, 19:44
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23rd May 2010, 22:40
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Re: Bf 109 salvaged at Rørvik, Norway
More pictures of the raising to be found on this Norevegian newspaper "Namdals Avisa" website:
http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Magasin/b...59.ece?start=4 http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Magasin/b...59.ece?start=5 http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Magasin/b...59.ece?start=6 http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Magasin/b...59.ece?start=7 http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Magasin/b...59.ece?start=8 http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Magasin/b...59.ece?start=9 http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Magasin/b...9.ece?start=10 Cheers Marc
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24th May 2010, 15:52
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Re: Bf 109 salvaged at Rørvik, Norway
Pulling it out vertically from the sea destroyed the rivets of the aft fuselage. The tail broke away when they wanted to place it horizontally on three wooden palettes. Salvaging without thinking. Amateurs.
Marc, what would they say if you´d salvage archeological artefacts - so let´s say wooden alamannic coffins - by letting them collapse and break apart at the end of salvaging?
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24th May 2010, 22:29
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Re: Bf 109 salvaged at Rørvik, Norway
Hi.
Aircraft to be used for spare parts only for ongoing project, so keeping the wreck intact structurally was not the main concern according to the rescuing team. The freshness of the paint seen on this and other wrecks lifted from saltwater after 60+ years does not stop to amaze me... Regards, Andreas B
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Ahhh... but I have seen the holy grail! And it is painted RLM 76 all over with a large Mickey Mouse on the side, there is a familiar pilot in front of it and it has an Erla Haube!
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24th May 2010, 22:32
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Re: Bf 109 salvaged at Rørvik, Norway
Hallo Roland,
Well, let's keep a cool head, Roland. Yes, they were a bit rash on the last part of the recovery, but look at the global feat they managed: to pluck from the seabed a Bf 109 resting on its nose since 67 years WITH its engine is no small feat! I for one would celebrate this fact. The breaking of the tail is kind of a minor collateral damage as all the pieces are still around; no comparison thus with the dramatic Fw 200 break-up some years ago... And to be honest: it is much easier to recover alamannic wooden coffins then tons of thoroughly eaten up aluminum and metal... Cheers Marc
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