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WWII German bomber recovered from beneath the sand

A German bomber is to be raised from a sandbank off Britain’s south eastern coast 70 years after it crash-landed there during the Battle of Britain.

The Daily Mail said the twin-engine Dornier Do-17 bomber first emerged from Goodwin Sands, a ten-mile stretch of coastline near Deal in Kent two years ago. The Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum and Wessex Archaeology have been working on a full survey of the crash site. Once the survey is complete, the bomber will be recovered and exhibited at the Battle of Britain Beacon project....

The plane was described as being in “remarkable” condition and is essentially intact with its main tyres still inflated....
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