Author Topic: FW190 recovered in Norway (Read 2372 times)

Guppy35 · « **on:** November 01, 2006, 09:49:07 AM »

Looks to be in great shape considering how long it's been.

Fw 190A-2 WNr.0125425 from 12/JG 5.

http://www.bt.no/lokalt/hordaland/article310875.ece

Masherbrum · « **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2006, 09:54:05 AM »

Stang · « **Reply #2 on:** November 01, 2006, 10:03:53 AM »

Guppy35 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:16:44 AM »

More and better images

http://f16.parsimony.net/cgi-bin/topic-flat.cgi?Nummer=28300&Phase=Phase1&ThreadNummer=14197

Ball · « **Reply #4 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:22:40 AM »

It looks like the paint has corroded away and revealed another coat beneath the black 6, red 5 is that?

I didnt realise 190's used fabric control surfaces either.

Krusty · « **Reply #5 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:30:45 AM »

Ball: Almost looks like "15," doesn't it? Pretty interesting!

As for the photos: I'm very shocked! It's almost intact! Truly amazing how long it's held up for 65 years under water!

Sweet2th · « **Reply #6 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:37:11 AM »

When they dove on the Lexington they showed a F6f still sitting in the hanger with bombs on it, still intact.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:39:27 AM »

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Originally posted by Sweet2th
When they dove on the Lexington they showed a F6f still sitting in the hanger with bombs on it, still intact.

Think you probably mean the Helldivers on the hanger deck of the Saratoga.

No one has dove the Lexington and it went down before F6Fs saw combat.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:40:50 AM »

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Originally posted by Ball
It looks like the paint has corroded away and revealed another coat beneath the black 6, red 5 is that?

I didnt realise 190's used fabric control surfaces either.

I believe it was Yellow 16 when it was ditched, but they are also suggesting based on the other numbers being revealed that it had at least 3 different codes.

Krusty · « **Reply #9 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:58:21 AM »

Ahhhhh.. VERY interesting. I thought it was a red that had parts of it corroded to yellow (algae and whatnot eating it), but it's yellow that corroded red... Very interesting. One might think the paint rusted, only the LW used a cellulose-based paint, and I don't think it rusted.

whiteman · « **Reply #10 on:** November 01, 2006, 12:00:03 PM »

was it pulled out of fresh water or salt water, thats makes a huge difference in corroding. fresh water should have little to none.

Airscrew · « **Reply #11 on:** November 01, 2006, 12:09:29 PM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
More and better images

And frickin HUGH too. I dont have a 27" monitor at work.
that pic is so large I can see the individual pieces of seaweed on the plane. Also you can see what looks like flak damage on the stab and on the engine cowling. It looks like the pilot was able to ditch at a pretty low speed, the wings dont look all crumbled and the prop is a just little bent, engine may not have been running when he hit the water

Bodhi · « **Reply #12 on:** November 01, 2006, 12:36:20 PM »

It looks to be fairly corroded by the looks of the cowlings, holes in wings and the tail. Still it is awesome to see it on the surface! Darn good thing the waters in Norway are so damn cold, otherwise there would not be much left.

Sweet2th · « **Reply #13 on:** November 01, 2006, 12:49:19 PM »

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No one has dove the Lexington and it went down before F6Fs saw combat.

You may be right on that one.do you know how many Lexington's there were?

I have found that the 190 in the photo was stationed in Trondheim-Lade area up until 1943 when as i have been reading they were very happy to leave, so happy they wrote a poem about it.

The Poem:

"Today we draw fishfloursoup as rations,
the northern lights are already all the same to us !
About the mountains and the fjords(?) we don`t care,
the only thing we want, is the Return into the Reich!"

Free · « **Reply #14 on:** November 01, 2006, 12:54:57 PM »

Thats cool as hell