gwb123 Posted November 30, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 30, 2018 This is quite the story... Spitfire AA810 flown by Flt. Alastair 'Sandy' Gunn has been recovered piece by piece in Norway. The aircraft was on a mission to photograph the warship Tirpitz hiding in a fjord. The pilot was shot down, captured by the Germans, interred, and then participated in the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III. Unfortunately upon his recapture he was one of the airmen executed by the Gestapo for the escape attempt. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spitfire-norway-mountain-great-escape-pilot-found-second-world-war-nazi-raf-espionage-alastair-gunn-a8646841.html The photos and drawing are from the article. Link to comment
gwb123 Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted November 30, 2018 Here are the remains of the aircraft, in pieces. The article states, rather optimistically that the goal is to restore the aircraft to flying condition. Normally for a recovered aircraft, that requires the air frame to be somewhat intact. But perhaps the restoration artists have enough to work with. Note the five piles of additional pieces in the upper left of the aircraft layout. Link to comment
The Meatcan Posted November 30, 2018 Share #3 Posted November 30, 2018 Really interesting article Gil. That’s going to take some real work to “restore” that bird. Terry Link to comment
bobgee Posted November 30, 2018 Share #4 Posted November 30, 2018 Excellent post on a very interesting aircraft recovery. Thanks for posting. Hope we in the U.S. get to see the documentary. Bob Link to comment
DocCollector1441 Posted December 1, 2018 Share #5 Posted December 1, 2018 I am a bit confused. The article says the plane is mostly intact, but that photo looks anything but intact. Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted December 1, 2018 Share #6 Posted December 1, 2018 Uh, they're going to need duct tape and superglue in bulk Link to comment
gwb123 Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted December 2, 2018 I am a bit confused. The article says the plane is mostly intact, but that photo looks anything but intact. I think the use of the word "intact" can only be taken to mean they found most of the pieces in one place. Like I said earlier, restoring this to "flying" condition seems unlikely. Link to comment
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