That straight edge, looks like it may be an opening.
In this image you see that large rectangular hole (lower left) about were the O2 bottles are.
(also ju88.net)
If the bottles are perpendicular to that straight edge, it is pointing to Ju88

Amazing!

Besides that forest of Ju-52 tails and Hs-129 is at least 2x Ju-88 tails,.. and more I can’t ID.

This is 17M/P version, but may be similar to 17z
(17M was used in BoB on limited basis)

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Other cutaways can be found here (about Spanish CW 17’s)

AlphaCharlie, can you post more images of the device on top of the cylinders?
Does it looked attached, or a separate item?

A wartime Farnborough report on the Do17 described the oxygen system as being supplied from 5 bottles located in the rear fuselage.

Where can I find these reports?

Dornier Do 17, 3495 U5+DM crashed into the sea at 20:40 hours on 9 November 1940, of unknown causes, off the coast of Kingsdown close to where the wreckage was recovered. Hopefully I can find a date on one of the bottles.

Where did this info come from?

It was posted in Wiki some 14 to 20 Do-17’s crashed along the east coast, and every chance Cosford misidentified what they have.

(Ja, but zee Germany blonds hair superior make German bomb sights! :stupid:)

Read this before, interesting!

The complete aircraft is an early Dornier Do17 – possibly Do17P or M, judging by the inline engines. Flying Pencil will tell us more of he spots it!

Beyond that I’m afraid I can’t help.

Adrian

🙂

It is probably the former Croat Do17E – Axis Sally, W.Nr.2095, which was sent to America after the war as FE-2000 and scrapped in 1946.

Strong possibility, but this image before said ID appeared.

No 4 is a Henschel ground attack aircraft – Hs129, and I think the next three photos show the rest of it’s fuselage.

Adrian

I agree, the last 4 are same.

The final three are an Arado 96 I think. North Africa?

John

No, also Hs-129, last 4 same.
Others seem to be Ju-52’s

325th FG was stationed in Tunesia and Algeria Feb1943-Dec1943, then moved to Italy for the remainder of the war. I’d choose either of these three countries as my best guess. I’d say the clue would be in the Croatian Do17. Find out where that used to hang out, and you may find a match.

Could be Freeman Field in the USA. They are currently digging up quite a bit of Axis and British wreckage there.

Interesting possibilities.
Although Sally would have to be shipped by boat, would not have range to fly.

I recently saw new image of Sally on web, cant find it now (saved image)
Here is artist rendering, apparently wrong coloUr.

MP, can I get permission to use that image for future project?

I will try to clean around the cylinders tomorrow, any tips for cleaning and preserving it?

I will also find out the exact location it was recovered.

ADVICE!
NO METAL BUSH! No brush at all for now!
First off give it a good soaking with fresh water, GENTLY, clean off as much of ocean salt as you can.
The put it in a bucket and fill with more fresh water, to get as much salt off as you can.
Do this for a couple of days, changing the water twice a day.

Need to get as much salt off as possible.

I also suggest you talk to RAFM about their weak citric acid cleaning to get the marine deposits off. (I can email them).

I’m not sure what Luftwaffe aircraft had 5 bottles in a single rack like that. These bottles weren’t 1 per man, I believe some Bf-109s had 2 bottles in each wing for a total of 4, although I’m not sure if they were the same size as yours. What is the approximate size of your bottle? It’s probably from at least a 2 man crew (Ju-87, Bf-110?) or larger, and it’s possible that this rack of 5 (and possibly more) was in one wing and an equal amount were in the other wing or elsewhere in the aircraft. As Ian said, start with the manufacture and date codes around the neck of the bottles and go from there.

Here is a link to one of the cleanest sauerstofflasche I’ve seen, manufactured in 1940 and with legible codes you can use for comparison.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-German-Luftwaffe-Sauerstofflasche-Oxygen-Bottle-Ju87-Do17-He111-etc-/390870409781?hash=item5b01b12235

Could it be from a Dornier DO17 like the one recovered nearby on the edge of the Goodwin Sands?

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/zxfkhzia5k4hi2vnffbe.jpg

I agree with the above possibilities.
It is far more likely the bomber than 109, 110, Stuka, or like. Could even be later Do-217 or He-177

If you clean around the domed tops of the bottles there will be manufacture dates. It would help with id. Luftwaffe oxy bottles changed design mid to late war, from cylindrical to balls! A very nice gift!

CAREFUL, see above, go with this gently, it is very easy to damage it worse than it is.
Take your time, its been there 75 or so years, can wait a little more.