The Dornier 17: salvaging a Nazi bomber
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Dornier 17 was first seen in public at Zurich in 1937. (RAF Museum)
An aerial photo of the lift platform, which will pull the Dornier from Goodwin Sands in the English Channel, preparing at Chatham. (RAF Museum)
(RAF Museum)
Side-scan sonar imaging provides a haunting look at the Nazi bomber, which the RAF museum plans to salvage in late May. (Port of London Authority/RAF museum)
A sonar image reveals the body of the Dornier, half buried beneath the sands of the English Channel. (Port of London Authority/RAF museum)
A Dornier 17Z of the Luftwaffe flying low over the English countryside. (RAF Museum)
A rare colour photograph of a Dornier Do 17Z in flight. (RAF Museum)
A Dornier 17 under camouflage. (RAF Museum)