Me109 recovered from lake Oct 2023 (Hungary)

A World War II fighter plane that crashed in Hungary eight decades ago has been recovered from Lake Balaton. The Messerschmitt Me 109 fighter, built in the Győr aircraft factory, is a valuable piece of military history. Around 600 of these were produced and at the time it was one of the most sophisticated fighter aircraft. The plane was shot down on 2 July 1944. This was the day the US Army launched its biggest air raid against Hungary. The plane is also special because it is the only surviving Messerschmitt assembled in Hungary in the world.

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18 Hungarian fighter planes flew in front of almost 900 American planes, one of which Sándor Beregszászi was serving in Red 12. Military divers first dived to the remains of the plane in 2020, the first debris surfaced were introduced in 2021. The airplane was about five meters deep and was covered in mud of 80-150 centimeters. The specialists of the Hungarian National Defence, after 17 days of diving, with an average of 6-8 hours of diving a day, removed today the main piece of the airplane from the nearly 80 years old wave grave.

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