http://www.juhe.at/presse/article/Traunkirchen/1118689835.html
very interesting. Any idea what the name of the plane is?
Excellent!! She appears to be in excellent condition for being underwater for 60 years. Hopefully it’ll end up in a museum somewhere for people to enjoy.
Jeff
Fascinating. I’d have to say the jug is one of my favorites! Glad they found it. I cant make out the name either!
Wish I could make out the name on the plane.
“Dot M” is the most I can make out…
Anyway, I love finds like this. There are only around 10-12 Jugs left (at least in flying condition), so it’s nice that such a well preserved one was found. To the casual eye, this one looks like it would make a great restoration.
Looks like ‘Dottie Marie’ or ‘Dottie May’ or something like that. The nose art looks quite familiar… the search begins
EDIT: The unit and pilot have been identified: 2/Lt. Henry G. Mohr, Jr. - 405th FG 511th FS
Fade to Black…
Great find. Thanks for the link.
Regards, Rick
It is really great to see another bird like this recovered. Hopefully it is in decent enough shape to restore to airworthy condition. It probably pretty much certain to be restored at least to static display.
Can anyone translate the text on that site?
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
“Catch of the day” alright…Wonder what they used for bait…wouldn’t mind catching a few of them for myself.[:D]
hmm is that a clip wing variant? the wing is in one piece so i’m wondering if it is a “Clip wing” where the wing tip is removed and capped like some of the Spitfire variants during the war.
VERY COOL
Very Well preserved
Looks amazing. I’m just blown away by how well preserved the insignia are. What a great link. Even the machine guns on the right wing are in one piece!!! cool.
No, I don’t think so. The clip-winged varient was the P-47N, and the one in the pic is a D. I think what your seeing is the wing tip missing on the starboard wing. If you notice, this is not the case on the port side.
If I understand correctly, the gist of it is that the plane will be restored in Austria and returned to the U.S. Or something like that…
They can send it to me!
Wow !
thats in great condition, hope the pilot survived
me too
What an awesome find.
Any sign of Lt. Mohr?
From what I have been able to dig up so far, the 405th was moving from Kitzigen to Straubing on May 8th, 1945 when Lt. Mohr has to ditch into the lake. He survived the ladning, was rescued by a German officer and apparently survived the War. His last known residence is in Mobjack, VA. I am trying to find out more. It would be neat to build his plane.