Does anyone know why its not been recovered?

In DDR times this whole peninsula was a military Sperrgebiet; access was resticted and controlled. As with the whole coast it also lay in the Border Control Zone which was closely monitored to prevent DDR citizens from making any escape attempts. This coastal area had three bands of security levels, depending on the distance from the coastline. Peenemunde was in the most restrictive. That apart some parts were salvaged by NVA teams, – an engine and a door, now on display in the nearby HTI museum.
More recent attempts to open up some parts of the former rocket establishment have been blocked by claims of unexploded ordnance making it too dangerous, coupled with a more widespread public rejection of anything to do with WW2

Still nice to see a bit of local history that I wasnt aware of until recently…

Bruce

Did hear a rumour about an ME110 being buried at Sleap airfield in Shropshire just after the war, from a local lad whilst researching a local history. No other details or confirmation though!!!

The Peenemunde airbase seems to be pretty much a relic, now, with a museum being the largest tenant… any comments from our german brethren?

The airfield is open for recreational flying in the summer, and the small museum is located in Peenemunde village. Attached map shows a general layout of the old WW2 site. I don’t know how free the access will be. There was a plan to clear the trees from Prufstand VII, but this was shelved due to the possibility of UXBs.

Peenemunde lancaster

Looks like you can see the outline of the wing?

Yes you can. On a still air day with the right light conditions it was much clearer, though I never had a camera with me at the right moment (’93). Of the fuselage you could see about three times the length of the exposed roof section. The other wing, if any of it was attached, was probably covered in silt.
As for Peenemunde itself there was a V1 launching ramp at the top of the airfield in reasonable condition, but the V2 launch site and research buildings were fairly well flattened. The power station still supplies the local electricity and some of the accomodation is still in use. The outer shell of the oxygen plant survives, as do a couple of observation posts on nearby islands.
Even more impressive than the Lancaster were the thirteen E-boats scuttled just up the coast in a military Sperrgebiet and still reasonably intact.

zeppelin glider bomb

There’s a picture of one in ‘The Zeppelin in Combat’ by Douglas Robinson

Back in the early 1970’s I remember as a school boy in Bedford watching the silver GoodYear Blimp ‘Europa’ in the skies around Cardington. On one occasion I believe it broke free from it’s moorings and ended up as a deflated silver wreck in a nearby village (c 1974). I think that was the last time I saw it, although I understand it did fly again.

Can anyone help me with more information? Did it fly again and where is it now? I don’t think it’s flying anymore, replaced by more modern Good Year airships, but I would love to know whether it has been kept in the corner of some dusty hanger or lost forever.

Did have some photos of this somewhere. I bunked off school to see the mess. The pilot at the time was Dick Widdecombe. After the crash it was repaired with a new envelope and then was based in Italy. Goodyear ceased operations with it in Europe after another deflation incident in southern France at the end of 1986. They sold the Italian hangar as a cost cutting exercise at the time.