The seabed recovery of the Luftwaffe's Dornier Do 17 is almost as storied as the craft itself.
"A remarkable moment for aviation history in Britain" is about to give you wings - and it's all down to the salvaging of a World War Two aircraft from the bottom of the sea; the restoration project almost as storied as the plane itself.
"After more than ten years of intensive conservation, treatment and stabilisation," the display would represent "not only the culmination of an extraordinary salvage operation but a unique way of understanding the Battle of Britain," said Dr Harry Raffal, head of collections and research at the attraction in Cosford.But how did it all come about?The plane is currently stored in the museum's conservation centreToday, only one remains complete - the one in Cosford.
They were sprayed with a low-concentration citric acid solution, to remove marine sediment and neutralise any corrosive impurities.
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