Luftschutz Perfectly Preserved Ju 52 Found In The Black Sea

[Laurence Strong]

Apparently found in the Black Sea. Its waters are remarkably dark and cold, and almost chemically sterile - hence the lack of corrosion or rot or breakdown even of leather - those jackboots and belt are in awesome shape! Wooden shipwrecks have lasted centuries in a similarly well-preserved state in the Black Sea:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2609365/Perfectly-preserved-Nazi-plane-crashed-way-hell-Eastern-Front-bottom-sea.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Larry

Edited April 23, 2014 by Laurence Strong

[Paul R]

That is an amazing find. I feel bad for the folks that survived the crash just to succumb while adrift.

[Brian Wolfe]

Hi Larry,

An interesting link, thanks for sharing it with us.

I hope they rase the plane sometime soon.

Regards

Brian

[Paul R]

I hope that they salvage it as well.