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Dornier Fuselage moves into Conservation Centre

Dornier Do 17 Moves Into Next stage Of Conservation

September 26, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE- The world’s last surviving Dornier Do 17 has now moved into the second phase of its conservation at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford. It’s been a little over 15 months since the […]

The Dornier Do 17 One Year Later

June 9, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE- Tuesday 10th June 2014 will mark the first anniversary of the moment the world’s last surviving Dornier Do 17 was successfully lifted from the bottom of the Dover Straits. The breath taking moment […]

New Dornier Do-17 Exhibit at RAF Museum Hendon

February 18, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

Like most of our readers, Warbirds News followed the RAF Museum’s historic recovery of the sole surviving Dornier Do-17 last June with profound interest. Since then, the renowned “Flying Pencil” has found itself in a […]

Dornier 17 Mini Video Documentary Telling the Story of the Recovery and Restoration of the Legendary Plane

October 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE. October 17, 2013 — Wargaming is pleased to release the video which explains the story behind Dornier, the only known German Dornier Do17 bomber to be discovered and raised from the waters of […]

Dornier Bomber To Be Displayed In Trafalgar Square

October 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE-The RAF Museum is using cutting edge digital technology to share its newly acquired exhibit – the Dornier Do17 bomber – with the world.Using a specially developed Augmented Reality App called Apparition: Dornier17, a […]

RAF Museum Dornier Do 17 Restoration Getting Underway

August 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

It’s just been a couple of months since what is believed to be the last surviving Dornier Do 17 was raised from the Godwin Sands off the coast of England. The remains of the plane […]

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Dornier Do 17 Retrieved From Goodwin Sands Arrives at RAF Museum Cosford

June 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Donier Do 17 that the RAF Museum recently retrieved from under 50 feet of salt water where it had lain for over 70 years, arrived at the museum’s Cosford facility today. Museum staff as […]

RAF Museum Pays Respects at the Gravesite of Dornier 17 Bombardier

June 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

On the same day that the plane that carried him for his final flight was raised from it’s watery grave, the gravesite of Luftwaffe Corporal Heinz Huhn was visited by Alex Medhurst, the General Manager […]

Despite Obstacles, RAF Museum Salvage of Dornier Do 17 a Complete Success

June 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

With salvage consistently hampered by poor weather and seabed geology that prevented the fitment of their carefully-engineered lifting frame, the Royal Air Force Museum nonetheless successfully managed to wrest a Dornier Do 17 from the […]

RAF Museum Retrieval of Dornier Do 17 Proceeding

May 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

As we recently reported, the retrieval of what is believed to be the world’s only intact Dornier Do 17 from the Goodwin Sands off the eastern coast of England began last week. The underwater salvage […]

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