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Ju 87 wreckage recovered off Greece

October 6, 2006 5:48 pm

Greek divers lift WWII bomber wreckage

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, Associated Press Writer

ATHENS, Greece - Greek military divers Friday successfully raised the wreckage of a German World War II Stuka bomber from the sea off the eastern island of Rhodes, the air force said.

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The Junkers-87 dive-bomber was shot down in 1943 and will be conserved and displayed at the air force museum at an airport near Athens, air force spokesman Col. Ioannis Papageorgiou said.

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