World War II German bomber pulled from English Channel

World War II German bomber pulled from English Channel

A formation of German Luftwaffe Dornier 17 bomber are pictured in flight in an undated World War Two-era handout archive photo by the RAF Museum. A Dornier 17 bomber aircraft (not pictured), which was shot down in World War Two, was raised by a salvage crew off the coast of Kent on June 10, 2013 after spending over 70 years on the Goodwin Sands seabed.

A Dornier 17 German bomber aircraft which crashed into the sea during World War Two is raised by a salvage crew off the coast of Deal, southeast England, in this June 10, 2013 handout photo by the Royal Air Force Museum. The bomber was lifted after spending over 70 years on the Goodwin Sands seabed, in an exercise overseen by the Royal Air Force Museum and funded by donations. It was shot down during the Battle of Britain on August 26, 1940. REUTERS/Iain Duncan/Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum/Handout via Reuters

A World War II Dornier 17 aircraft is lifted from waters of the English Channel on June 10, 2013 near Ramsgate, England. The salvage was planned through the RAF Museum to lift the only remaining German bomber Dornier 17, used during the 'Battle of Britain' of 1940. The plane on the Goodwin Sands is believed to be aircraft call-sign 5K-AR, shot down on August 26, 1940 at the height of the battle by RAF Boulton-Paul Defiant fighters. The Project has suffered many delays due to poor weather. Once recovered, the aircraft will be preserved and put on displayed for the public at the museum's Hendon base in north London

Workers watch as a World War II Dornier 17 aircraft is lifted from waters of the English Channel on June 10, 2013 near Ramsgate, England. The salvage is planned through the RAF Museum to lift the only remaining German bomber Dornier 17, used during the 'Battle of Britain' of 1940. The plane on the Goodwin Sands is believed to be aircraft call-sign 5K-AR, shot down on August 26, 1940 at the height of the battle by RAF Boulton-Paul Defiant fighters. The Project has suffered many delays due to poor weather. Once recovered, the aircraft will be preserved and put on displayed for the public at the museum's Hendon base in north London. 

A Dornier 17 German bomber aircraft which crashed into the sea during World War Two is raised by a salvage crew off the coast of Deal, southeast England, in this June 10, 2013 handout photo by the Royal Air Force Museum. The bomber was lifted after spending over 70 years on the Goodwin Sands seabed, in an exercise overseen by the Royal Air Force Museum and funded by donations. It was shot down during the Battle of Britain on August 26, 1940. REUTERS/Iain Duncan/Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum/Handout via Reuters

Salvage workers inspect a World War II Dornier 17 aircraft after it was lifted from waters of the English Channel on June 10, 2013 near Ramsgate, England. The salvage was planned through the RAF Museum to lift the only remaining German bomber Dornier 17, used during the 'Battle of Britain' of 1940. The plane on the Goodwin Sands is believed to be aircraft call-sign 5K-AR, shot down on August 26, 1940 at the height of the battle by RAF Boulton-Paul Defiant fighters. The Project has suffered many delays due to poor weather. Once recovered, the aircraft will be preserved and put on displayed for the public at the museum's Hendon base in north London

The cockpit of a Dornier 17 German bomber aircraft, which crashed into the sea during World War Two, is seem after it was raised by a salvage crew off the coast of Deal, southeast England, in this June 10, 2013 handout photo by the Royal Air Force Museum. The bomber was lifted after spending over 70 years on the Goodwin Sands seabed, in an exercise overseen by the Royal Air Force Museum and funded by donations. It was shot down during the Battle of Britain on August 26, 1940.

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