Germans recover Stuka bomber wreck from Baltic Sea

In this picture taken Saturday June 9, 2012 workers unload the motor of a German 'Junkers Ju 87' war plane from a salvage vessel in Sassnitz at Baltic Sea, eastern Germany. German military museum is preparing to hoist the wreck of the Stuka dive bomber from the floor of the Baltic Sea, a rare remaining example of the plane that once wreaked havoc over Europe as part of the Nazis' war machine. The Stuka wreck, first discovered in the 90s when a fisherman's net snagged on it, lies about 10 kilometers off the coast of the Baltic island of Ruegen, in about 18 meters of water. German military divers have been working for a week to prepare the main body to be hoisted to the surface, and initial reports are that it is in good condition. The motor was brought up over the weekend. The German Military Historical Museum says it will be restored and put on display in Berlin. AP Photo/dapd/ Jens Koehler.

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Looks like that this is a long hard work til it will be in good condition! Maybe that they will restore the wreck of the FW 200 they´ve found in the north of Norway some years ago. would be great to have one exemplar of each important German aircraft at this fine museum.

 

from the looks of that engine they got a ways to go !!

 

Nice find!

 

Amazing, from that image you can barely tell it was part of anything before. It will be interesting to see what the restored version looks like.

Great find!

 

Is there anything there to restore? Looks like a fused lump of corrosion.

 

if you guys research Saßnitz a bit you will note it's importance as a late war Ost front Seabase used by the Luftwaffe, anyone's guess why a Ju 87 is in the drink here except the vital field/base was defended right to the almost end before evacuation from the Soviets

 

Could have crashed in a training accident. I don't know what model 87 is was, but I wonder where they were training for deployment to the Graf Zeppelin before it was shelved.

 

IS the propeller wood?

 

yes the prop was wood and the engine is from a D variant, in this case most likely an operational Stuka and easily could of been on ground attack missions against advancing Soviet forces in 1945

 

They were indeed. Even Rudel himself dashed on the Soviets with his Stuka there . Many of his comrades were last in the end kampf.

 

That Prop must have weighed as much as the engine

 

Just out of curiosity, are there any flyable 87s left?

(Sad, how we let history disappear.)

 

I think there are only two Ju-87's left, period. A B and a D. Museum only.

 

Yes, there's only two complete Ju-87s. One is in Chicago and the other is at the RAF Museum in London.

There are a couple of 'complete wrecks' (ie: not missing a wing/engine) in Europe as well.

 

I know this was a while ago, but the aircraft wasn't a Ju-87, but turned out to be a Ju-88.
http://www.flyingmag.com/news/rare-wwii-junkers-ju-88-pulled-baltic-sea-floor

 

namvet duped us all! I gues we all missed the date, but left all blame him anyways.

 

In namvet's defense, the original article ID'd it as a JU-87. However, blame does not require evidence, so we can still blame him.