Britain’s position wasn’t so clear cut as we might like to believe: Lord Halifax, who was probably Churchill’s main rival for PM – seems to have been more open to coexistence with Hitler – if that best protected Britain’s interests. On the day France fell, Rab Butler told the Swedish Ambassador that Britain “would not neglect any opportunity for compromise peace” and that “no die-hards would be allowed to stand in the way”. He, among others, saw Churchill as a dangerous war-monger. And as late as August 28th, Lloyd George was still urging Churchill to negotiate a peace – saying that the Battle of Britian had put the UK in a better bargaining position. And to answer Creaking Door’s question – there were definitely peace proposals offered by the Nazis – including one by Goring on August 20th.

Excellent set of pics here
http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=52618

Possibly five years before it’s on display according to the Telegraph….

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/10113538/Last-surviving-German-bomber-could-take-years-to-preserve.html

[QUOTE=dcollins103;2034057]pipe dreams are good if they are based around the facts/truth.

Agreed, chasing phantom aircraft round Russia or China (or Burma for that matter) is one thing – but the facts and truth are that a very significant number of Stirlings went into the water; and most presumably are still there. The vast majority will be unrecognisable piles of rot: but the Goodwins Dornier shows it’s possible that some may be more intact – even in shallow seawater conditions. Would it be worth raising and trying to conserve such a large aircraft if it were in the same sort of condition as the Do 17? Maybe not, but clearly the Trenton Halifax shows what can be done with a freshwater wreck. Clearly the odds are that there isn’t a Stirling in anything like that condition – but I honestly don’t think you can discount the possibility that something salvagable still exists. As to finding it… guess that’s a different story.

…or possibly strumming a banjo…..

There’s now an extra £100,000 in the budget….

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22791545

The search / excavation of Johnny Johnson’s Lanc was covered in a BBC documentary a few years back – it’s online

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDBmfLIqDY

It’s a nice focus on the man himself too

I believe there was a group around a few years ago who wanted to raise and restore the original Helo 66 – but I think it just fizzled out.

IMHO the ultimate space-hardware recovery would be Apollo 10’s lunar ascent module. Only problem is it’s somewhere in orbit round the sun…..
Not sure even Bezos has pockets deep enough to fund that one.