:haha: And likely broken by a Defiant too! :doh:

In regards to restoration, if by a presentable state you mean in a similar manner to most of the other aircraft in the BOB exhibit in the RAF Museum then I would have to say that it's very unlikely, however once the sea debris has been removed and the metal has had a chance to get all of the nasties out of it, she will likely go on display 'as is', that is to say with battle damage and crash damage intact. There's a Halifax in the Bomber Hall in the museum that is in a similar condition after it was recovered from a fjord in Norway where it crashlanded after bombing the Tirpitz.
Like so:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...RAF_Museum.jpg

That is likely how she'll be displayed, unfortunately it seems that she might have to stay on her back due to stress on the airframe, but we'll see. There's a lot of talk about some sort of augmented reality Dornier and hi-tech wizardry bringing it to life, but I'll just be happy to see a piece of history frozen in time. Some people say that you don't get much from a rusted wreck, but others say that you get more than from a factory fresh aircraft. I can see both viewpoints, but I agree with the decision not to do a full restoration, there's just too much that could go wrong and since she's the only surviving Do-17 in the world, you just can't take a chance like that. By all means, I would fully support, and likely donate to, an attempt to create a replica for display, I think it'd look fantastic next to the 111 and 88 they have there already, but leave the original be. She's been through enough already. :yep:

Thanks for sharing Jim. Interesting photos. Oberon, I can see both points of restoration also. I do think it may be more interesting to leave it in it's battle damaged state and have a replica next to it.

If I hadn't spoken to you in the past on TS I'd argue you were actually a Brit....your sense of humour is absolutely top drawer :sunny:

For a German :03:

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Wargaming and RAF Museum Announce Dornier 17 Final Resting Place
 

In 2010 the he Royal Air Force Museum London announced the discovery of a Dornier Do 17, a light German bomber, buried off the coast of Kent, England. In June 2013 it was successfully raised from the seabed. Wargaming.net has helped sponsor the restoration of the plane which will be ongoing through 2015. They have now announced the final resting place after restoration is completed.

Ahh, missed that, I did a forum search before I posted. I'll try to be more thurough next time, feel free to delete this thread.

No problem, I've merged both.

Send the plans and materials.:03::D

Materials??? They were perfectly fine when you guys broke them! You'll get those materials yourself and on the double mister!!!:timeout:

LOL :)