Survivors
Up until recently, none of the Dornier twin-engined bomber variants were thought to have survived. In September 2007, a Do 215 B-5 (variant of Do 17Z) was found largely intact in the shallow waters off Waddenzee in the Netherlands. Various large relics of the Do 17 and Do 215 are held by public museums and private collectors.
On 3 September 2010, it was announced that a Do 17 had been discovered in 50 ft (15 m) of water off the coast of England. The aircraft had been discovered on the Goodwin Sands of Kent in September 2008 but was a closely guarded secret. The Dornier Do 17Z-2 WrkNr 1160 was operated by 7 Staffel, III Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3. It was part of a KG 2 and 3 raid to bomb RAF Debden and RAF Hornchurch on 26 August 1940. It crash-landed during the raid. In June 2010 diving operations were made. The report indicated the aircraft is largely complete, although the port rudder, starboard stabiliser, forward nose glazing, undercarriage doors and engine cowling are missing. The Royal Air Force Museum was planning to raise the wreck. However, as of August 2012, the aircraft has not been recovered. Action is underway to prevent any further damage to the Dornier. It will be restored at RAF Cosford, and prepared for display at Hendon Museum.
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Famous quotes containing the word survivors:
“I want to celebrate these elms which have been spared by the plague, these survivors of a once flourishing tribe commemorated by all the Elm Streets in America. But to celebrate them is to be silent about the people who sit and sleep underneath them, the homeless poor who are hauled away by the city like trash, except it has no place to dump them. To speak of one thing is to suppress another.”
—Lisel Mueller (b. 1924)
“I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. I see them in school. They don’t know how to handle their parents. They see that their parents are traumatized: they scream and don’t react normally.”
—Elie Wiesel (b. 1928)