# WWII plane found in a river several years ago? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 27, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-plane-found-in-a-river-several-years-ago/548200 "2010-07-27T16:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-plane-found-in-a-river-several-years-ago/548200/21 "2010-07-28T12:13:46Z")
There was a Wellington that was retrieved from Loch Ness some years ago, now in the museum at Brooklands. [Brooklands Museum](http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/vickers-290-wellington-1a-n2980-1939/) ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-plane-found-in-a-river-several-years-ago/548200/22 "2010-07-28T14:52:26Z")
Lancaster just off Plymouth breakwater: [Lancaster Bomber - Submerged](http://www.submerged.co.uk/breakwater-lancaster.php) Lancaster found in lake in Germany: [Wreckage of a 460 Squadron Lancaster found in a fishing lake in Germany on about 15 July 1999](http://www.ozatwar.com/460sqdn/w4331.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-plane-found-in-a-river-several-years-ago/548200/23 "2010-07-28T17:07:28Z")
There’s also [Glacier Girl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_girl). ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-plane-found-in-a-river-several-years-ago/548200/24 "2010-07-28T17:24:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > (Man, it’s a good thing I knew what was coming before that show first aired. If I hadn’t read about it in one of the flying magazines just after the recovery attempt, I would have been devastated!) I hear you. I was flipping through channels and landed on that episode last week, not knowing the story and figuring, “Hey, it’s NOVA, it’ll be cool to watch them get that old bird up in the air again.” Jesus Christ, NOVA. How about a disclaimer or something? ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-plane-found-in-a-river-several-years-ago/548200/25 "2010-07-28T17:47:13Z")
There was a Hellcat recovered from Lake Michigan last year and Bf 109 found in Norway in 2009 and raised this year. ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-plane-found-in-a-river-several-years-ago/548200/26 "2010-07-28T18:45:16Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Jesus Christ, NOVA. How about a disclaimer or something? If you want to see a restored B-29, the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT (just north of Hartford) has [“Jack’s Hack” on display](http://www.neam.org/58th/hack.asp). It’s really wonderfully restored. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-plane-found-in-a-river-several-years-ago/548200.md?page=1)