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By: 12th April 2019 at 10:10 Permalink
-Near the old seaplane base the sunken SE-200 prototype and a Do24 are at considerable depth. There must be more.
By: 12th April 2019 at 10:39 Permalink
-Lucky chap: spent many a relaxed afternoon drinking lager or coffee on the lakeside at Lindau. I hadn't really thought of sunken treasure though did see the odd dirigible overhead.
By: 12th April 2019 at 11:11 Permalink
-Thanks.
and what has been recovered over the years?
cees
By: 12th April 2019 at 19:42 Permalink
-https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/bodenseekreis/friedrichshafen_artikel,-das-ist-die-wahre-geschichte-des-riesenbombers-_arid,10421155.html (complete Lancaster)
By: 12th April 2019 at 20:17 Permalink
-Good lord. What happened to that?
By: 12th April 2019 at 21:37 Permalink
-If I remember rightly the Lancaster was recovered by someone called Schaeffer as well as some B-17's and other aircraft. It was covered many years ago in Flypast. Its fate was to be scrapped such a shame.
By: 13th April 2019 at 07:02 Permalink
-Wasn't a Halifax slso recovered or parts thereof?
By: 13th April 2019 at 08:14 Permalink - Edited 13th April 2019 at 08:15
-He 177 (still at depth)
By: 13th April 2019 at 18:55 Permalink
-I found some stuff on another forum, Martin Schaffner recovered 11 aircraft from the lake. However there are still 3 wrecks somewhere in the lake. A He177 isnt among them.
By: 13th April 2019 at 20:30 Permalink
-Someone needs to send an ROV down there to have a look.
Anon.
By: 13th April 2019 at 23:58 Permalink - Edited 13th April 2019 at 23:59
-I found some stuff on another forum, Martin Schaffner recovered 11 aircraft from the lake. However there are still 3 wrecks somewhere in the lake. A He177 isnt among them.
There were sonar images of the He177 in a Jet & Prop back in the 1980s and it has been discussed previously. Paul Allen started preliminary negotiations, but having to deal with all the countries surrounding the lake got too hard so it was shelved.
By: 14th April 2019 at 00:17 Permalink
-According to the other forum the sonar images were of the PB4Y in lake Washington. I've not seen the images myself and cant find them online. The poster said he'd done some research too and found no record of a he177 crashing in lake konstanz
By: 14th April 2019 at 02:37 Permalink
-According to the other forum the sonar images were of the PB4Y in lake Washington. I've not seen the images myself and cant find them online. The poster said he'd done some research too and found no record of a he177 crashing in lake konstanz
PB4Y images are far more recent and totally different. The story of how the He177 crashed in Constance was told in the German mag. I had a copy years ago, lent it to someone and never got it back. Anyway, its a moot point, it is staying where it is, if someone like the late Paul Allen couldn't make any headway I doubt anyone else can.
By: 14th April 2019 at 10:17 Permalink
-Ce Bro..check this old thread .....https://forum.keypublishing.com/forum/historic-aviation/38389-recovered-b17-s-and-lancaster-scrapped-in-switzerland
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By: CeBro - 12th April 2019 at 09:15
Hi all.
as I am writing this I am on the Bodensee or Lake Konstanz (Constance?).
IIRC there were a number of aircraft recoveries over the years. Who knows what is still at the bottum directly below me.
anyone has some info?
cheers
Cees