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    Default JU87R being restored to flying condition...

    There have been persistent rumours about Stuka or Messerschmitt Bf110 restoration projects over the years. Components of several of both were recovered from the former Eastern Bloc after the Iron Curtain came down in the 1990s and are now believed to be in New Zealand awaiting restoration. One of the 110s was semi-complete but the main wing spars were unfortunately cut through by an inexperienced team during the recovery.

    This...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px9depDKeEQ

    appears to be a US restoration and the colour of the original parts on show suggests it was recovered from somewhere hot, possibly North Africa or Sicily. The work on the fuselage is well advanced and they claim to have an original working engine. It is a JU87R which is the long range version of the B. This would date it to around 1940/41. The best complete one is the RAF Museum's and that is a cannon-armed G with the cannons missing.

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    That is quite a long way towards a complete aircraft. I wonder if I will see it completed in my lifetime?
    That would be wonderful.
    Thanks for posting this Barry.
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    All these small team restorations take time but they are effective.
    The same team which restored the Bristol Blenheim (twice) to flying condition are working on a Bristol Beaufighter to fly which I saw as a box of bits 20 years ago.
    Also at Duxford another team has brought an ex-Swedish Air Force Fiat CR 42 Falco to near completion.

    At the Mosquito Museum at Salisbury Hall there is a Mosquito FBVI undergoing restoration with parts which were supplied to them (from Israel) as long ago as the 1980s.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrys...gs/9063746021/

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrys...gs/9063745739/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    That is quite a long way towards a complete aircraft. I wonder if I will see it completed in my lifetime?
    That would be wonderful.
    Thanks for posting this Barry.
    Rob.

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    So much excellent work on the part of the restoration team.

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    Latest footage shows it is much more advanced.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7aDqVkK3Ag

    The fuselage now appears complete, the wings appear almost complete and there are even a pair of wheel spats standing by.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte View Post
    That is quite a long way towards a complete aircraft. I wonder if I will see it completed in my lifetime?
    That would be wonderful.
    Thanks for posting this Barry.
    Rob.

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    Thank you for sharing this, Barry. It is good to see that a Stuka is being rebuilt.

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    ADDITIONAL

    Wiki says this about this machine:

    Ju 87 R-4, Werk Nr. 6234 (incorporating 857509)

    One aircraft is being restored to airworthy condition from two wrecks, owned by Paul Allen's Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum (FHCAM). The project takes its identification from Ju 87 R-4 Werk Nr. 6234, which was built in 1941 and served with Stukageschwader 5. Shot down in April 1942 on a mission to bomb Murmansk, it was recovered in 1992. The wreck was purchased by New Zealand collector Tim Wallis, who originally planned for the remains to be restored to airworthy, and later went to the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin. Parts from a second airframe, a Ju 87 R-2 Werknummer 857509 which served bearing the Stammkennzeichen of code LI+KU from 1./St.G.5, and was recovered to the United Kingdom in 1998, have also been incorporated. The project was placed on display in November 2018 and the restoration was stated to take between 18 months and 2 years to complete. Work will be conducted in a display hangar so members of the public can see the work underway.

    Further Wiki notes suggest that all three sets of Stuka parts recovered from the former Soviet Bloc to New Zealand have now moved on. The other two sets are now in Germany at the The Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin.

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    And here's something else…
    A Stuka REPLICA which is already flying in Ukraine.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIRH9ar67nI

    And another 7/10ths replica flying in the U.S. in 1980.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybFP5IfGRU

    And finally…

    A genuine Ju88 A1 medium bomber being restored to non-flying condition in Norway. It was found sunk and recovered in fair condition.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UihWwwyEevU

    A Heinkel He 115 has also been recovered and is being restored. Still pictures of restoration in second link below.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrgQ738J2IY

    http://heinkel115.com/?lang=en

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    Good to see things progressing so well Barry.
    Thanks for the Heads up.
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