As reported upon by FlyPast many years ago. Amazing what is to be found on youtube. Alas the airframe was scrapped in the seventies IIRC.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwVf4vEZ0BA
Cees
By: N.Wotherspoon - 18th September 2015 at 19:21
Looks like some parts survived – See: http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17registry/b17-4238160.html
By: Denis - 18th September 2015 at 17:18
Someones been tinkering again 🙂
By: CeBro - 18th September 2015 at 14:35
It was, and as such was posted by me.
Mods, can you please correct the topic header?
Zugersee or Lake Zug
Cees
By: Sabrejet - 18th September 2015 at 11:12
Indeed, I posted this with Zugersee in the title. Strange.
The camerafilm was indeed from a B17 that came down in the IJsselmeer (former Zuiderzee).Cees
I thought it was a Swiss ditching?
By: CeBro - 18th September 2015 at 07:25
Indeed, I posted this with Zugersee in the title. Strange.
The camerafilm was indeed from a B17 that came down in the IJsselmeer (former Zuiderzee).
Cees
By: Sabrejet - 18th September 2015 at 05:43
The location of the recovery was the Zugersee, Swizerland, not the Zuiderzee.
Which is strange because I’m sure the original post had the correct location!
By: Short finals - 17th September 2015 at 22:47
The location of the recovery was the Zugersee, Swizerland, not the Zuiderzee.
By: Jester1979 - 17th September 2015 at 22:35
From memory i think the article said the Fort was from the 385th BG. Maybe if history had been a bit different it would’ve ended up at Duxford. A combat veteran Fort in the AAM would be nice.
And maybe the Halifax could have ended up at Hendon.
By: Meddle - 17th September 2015 at 22:30
How anyone could scrap such a complete airframe is beyond me..!
A different time. There was a thread on here of lost, saved, lost again airframes.
By: Dave Homewood - 17th September 2015 at 12:02
Super footage there Cees, nice find. Thanks for posting. Here’s the ancient thread where we originally discussed this aircraft,and another B-17 and a Lancaster also recovered and scrapped:
By: jack windsor - 17th September 2015 at 11:42
hi,
I remember reading in possibly a old Flypast one Fortress remains had been recovered, and its bomb camera film was developed with viewable results after 40 odd years under water…
regards,
jack…
By: Denis - 16th September 2015 at 21:38
So in reality this airframe had only been submerged for about eight years at the most. Such a shame the foresight to preserve had not been administered. Without looking up or searching, What bomb group was it from and the fate of the crew?
Oh, and cheers Cees for the post 🙂
By: Kenbo - 16th September 2015 at 21:33
How anyone could scrap such a complete airframe is beyond me..!
Complete with guns…
The warbird scene was starting to pick up in the seventies… Maybe no-one knew it was there…
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