D.B. Andrus Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 http://www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/arado-196/ BiggTim, mpk and Wurzacher 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Anyone fancy modelling that? Richard D.B. Andrus and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Good find! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 There must be a heap of 'junk' down there! Out in the Pacific they're quite worried about wreck/scrap collectors looting war graves etc. Must be difficult knowing for sure if there are any remains left within these wreck time capsules, but even the registered one's are being lifted according to news reports. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzacher Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Wow! Great find! I am amazed about how good the remains look. Hope the Greek will do a fine job on restoring it! D.B. Andrus and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 If the trawler had nets at that depth and snagged this wreck they must be dragging the nets on the bottom - good way to kill off all marine life in the Aegean sea... our world is in a sad state! Nice to see an actual aircraft from the period though! Cheers Alan mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Throw it back. That's beyond restoration, you might get a few usable bits out of the cockpit, but the rest of it's rotten and will only deteriorate more if it's left out of the water like that. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe66 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I can fix it ! My Dad is a TV repairman, he's got an awesome set of tools.... mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I actually completely and very strongly disagree Clunk. If they can be found, they deserve a proper burial. When dealing with a battle ship as an example... this is impractical if not impossible and I agree it's a war grave. When dealing with a plane or tank it's not. The metal is immaterial yet material to history, and I am sure all of them would appreciate being remembered by the discovery of both their story and the machines they fought in. Assuming the remains are treated with respect, honor and their story told to family if it can be determined. There are many searching for the remains of persons and planes lost in Europe and Asia to this day, there is no disrespect there. For the families it is closure.... D.B. Andrus, fab, D Bellis and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Fully agree Ron, There's no such thing as a war grave regarding aircraft wrecks. If one is found it should be recovered and the crew given a proper burial. I work as a volunteer for an organisation locating missing aircrew (the pic in my avatar shows me with a Halifax undercarriage leg during a recovery where no MIA was involved). Although we do not recover the crew ourselves (it's against the law) we make sure the official authorities do what they are supposed to do (but do not want to because of the cost involved). That Arado was recovered a few years ago, I read an article about it in the German magazine Jet&Prop about it. Fascinating.Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 ...assuming there is anything left of the crew inside. I highly doubt there would be anything left to recover in most aircraft or whatever pulled from the sea, especially 70 odd years later. Although, I have a rather rational approach as I don't really have regard for corporeal remains, it's simply what is left when you are gone and the universe will recycle your atoms. D Bellis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Python Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Report says it waiting restoration. In that case you better build up your stock of milliput because that's going to need a hell of a lot of the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww2wrecks Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Dear friends, fellow aviation enthusiasts, greetings from Athens, Greece! I am glad you liked my story and photos on the salvaged Arado Ar196 www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/arado-196/ Good news is that the crew survived the ditching, bad news is that, according to credible sources, there are no immediate plans to restore this quite rare WW2 aircraft (only a couple surviving intact, one in the US, another in Bulgaria). Greece has seen a lot of action during WW2 and many wrecks of that period vividly demonstrate the fact that this rather obscure -compared to other fronts- theatre of operations played a crucial role in the final Allied victory. We have featured many WW2 aircraft wrecks found in Greece at www.ww2wrecks.com such as a Wellington bomber, an SM79 torpedo bomber, a Stuka dive bomber, a Ju52 transport, a Bristol Blenheim light bomber and several others. Incidentally, there is another Arado Ar196 in the Greek Seas, close to Irakleia island, which could become a nice dio www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/an-arado-ar196-in-herakleia-island-greece/ All the best! fab and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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