It was recovered yesterday after 70 years lying on the bottom of the English Channel, but the German Dornier 17 rescued from its watery grave was originally shot down at the height of the Battle of ...

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Scientists are in a race against time to help save the last remaining intact World War II German light bomber Dornier Do-17, known as The Flying Pencil (Fliegender Bleistift), which lies underwater in ...

LONDON – A famous German World War II bomber nicknamed "the flying pencil" has spent decades submerged in the English Channel after being shot down in the Battle of Britain. Now, divers are braving ...

A famous German World War II bomber nicknamed “the Flying Pencil” has spent decades submerged in the English Channel after being shot down in the Battle of Britain. Now, divers are braving dangerous ...

Painstaking conservation work is underway to discover more about the world’s last surviving German Dornier Do-17 bomber, two months after it was lifted from the seabed off Britain. The badly-damaged ...