Dornier Do 17

I seem to recall that a Do 17 lingered on the RAF Bicester dump until about 1960. A shame nobody saved it; that would have been a lot less bother reconstruct.

Was anyone as amused as me by the cliche-ridden press release from the RAF Museum? Apparently recovering an aircraft from under the sea is a "ground-breaking" operation!

Its out of the water!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22846645

Just spotted on BBC News 24.

Dornier 17: The Fall and Rise of a German Bomber (30 mins)

Available on BBC iPlayer for next five days (as of 25/08/13): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b020sj6g

If that link becomes invalid for any reason, try entering the programme title in the BBC iPlayer search box on the home page: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

Repeated: Mon 26/08/13 at 10.30 a.m. or Mon 26/08/13 at 14.30

Probably only available in the UK.

Chris

A few months ago I was fortunate to be invited to an excellent talk by Darren Priday from the RAF Museum's Sir Michael Beetham Conservation Centre on the recovery of the Dornier Do 17Z 5K + AR from the Goodwin Sands, and a subsequent visit to see it in its current state. Below are a few photos from the visit.

Fuselage from the nose, inverted.



Fuselage, inverted.


Controls on port-side cockpit wall.


Upper forward gun sight.


One of the engines.


Prop hub assembly. The condition of the cylinder heads can be seen on the engine behind.


Wing centre section inverted


Undercarriage and tyre (wing is inverted)


E Bl1 blind-landing azimuth beam receiver on its mounting frame, with a freq still showing in the LH window... The receiver covers 30.0 to 33.3MHz


Unknown ID plate

A few more (radio-related) images from the Do.17Z...

ID plate from the mounting frame for the FuG.10 EK and EL HF/LF Radio Receivers




Remains of the E.Bl2 blind-landing receiver, used to pick up the outer- and inner-marker beacons on 38MHz




An electronic relay and insulator, use not yet identified




An electronic transformer and choke from the E.Bl1 receiver




An electronic valve, possibly from the E.Bl1 or E.Bl2 receiver





Case from the AAG.2 or AAG.3 Antenna Tuner




Insulated rotary switch / contactor arm from the AAG.2 or AAG.3 Antenna Tuner




Component (LF RF detector?) from the AAG.2 or AAG.3 Antenna Tuner

Great pics Sparky, thanks for sharing.

Your picture of an unknown ID plate (Wechselstrom-Geber) is a Tachometer Generator which is a device for measureing rotation speed on a turning shaft. I have no idea what this would have been attached to.

Thanks Dietmar. Tachometer Generator is much better than my translation of 'Frequency Giver'! The MBCC has a comprehensive set of (Luftwaffe) handbooks on the aircraft so hopefully some more research will determine what this is and where it was fitted.