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Reply To: BV 138 found in Porsangerfjorden, Norway

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Supermarine305
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There is a video about 2/3rds down the website. Annoyingly it has very little actual footage of the wreck -and is in Viking. What it does show I usually have no idea what part of the aircraft it is. Not an expert on this at all. However I think that the wing has seperated from the fuselage…

All that follows is pure supposition on my part from looking at grainy images:

At 1:49 you can see one the outboard engines (still attached to the wing?) and that looks like its resting on the sea floor upsidedown. I do not think this is the middle engine. The wooden prop is still there however, which is a good thing.

At 1:51 it shows the nose of the Bv 138. Its resting on its side, but looks to be in far better conditon than the Danish example.

At 2:16 a long tubular structure. Is that the wing spare/fuel tank? If that’s the case the wing has big holes in it. Strafing/fire/corrosion/trawler damage?