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Rare WWII Junkers Ju 88 Pulled Up From Baltic Sea Floor

Junkers Ju 88
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Key Takeaways:

  • German military divers are recovering the wreckage of a rare Junkers Ju 88 aircraft from the Baltic Sea after over 50 years.
  • Initially misidentified as a Stuka, the recovered parts confirmed it as a Ju 88, a versatile World War II aircraft of which very few remain.
  • While the model is identified, the reasons for its crash and the identity of its pilot are unknown, with recovered parts and human remains expected to provide clues.
  • Only a portion of the aircraft has been brought to the surface, with plans to return and recover the rest of the wreckage in the future.
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After lying on the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than half a century, the wreckage of a rare Junkers Ju 88 is being brought to the surface by a group of German military divers.

The wreckage, located just off the coast of the German island of Rugen, was first found in the 1990s by a fisherman approximately 60 feet below the surface. After recovering small parts of the aircraft earlier in the week, experts initially thought the aircraft was a Stuka, a single engine dive-bomber known for the particularly striking noise it emits during power dives.

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