Jul 11, 2013, 02:19 pm edt.

Dornier do 17 restoration. A nazi bomber shot down during the battle of britain has been pulled from its watery grave and is now undergoing restoration. The last remaining german luftwaffe dornier 17 bomber aircraft is being restored after 70 years of being hidden away. The dornier do 17 first made an appearance as a military aircraft in the spanish civil war in both the bomber and reconnaissance roles.

The picture is of a dornier do 17 bomber recovered from the english channel 73 years after being shot down in the battle of britain. The dornier 17 aircraft is the last of its kind, and lies in 50ft of water on the goodwin sands. In 2013, wargaming and the royal air force museum set out to restore the only known surviving dornier do17 aircraft and provide visitors with the opportunity.

A rare german wartime bomber that was raised from the seabed will be permanently homed at raf cosford. After weeks of weather delays, raf museum recovery workers this week. (photo courtesy of the raf museum)**.

Often referred to as the fliegender bleistift (flying pencil) because of it’s long narrow fuselage, the do 17 first flew on the 23 november 1934. Posted on july 4, 2018. The dramatic recovery of a world war two dornier 17 from the sea off.

When the world’s last dornier bomber was recovered from the seabed, the real hard work of preserving it began. The bomber had crash landed in the ocean during world. The aircraft saw extensive action in the early.