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Menton, France (Riviera)

Finding a bomber Heinkell He 111

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French town of nearly 3,000 inhabitants located in the Alpes Maritimes in Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur, on the border with Italy (across the border is Ventimiglia), sula Mediterranean Sea. The city was founded by a Lord so that the Ligurian Mentonese speak a dialect that is a mixture between Nice and Liguria. The sea that bathes is full of beauty, a must for all lovers of diving.

The discovery

With a wingspan of 22.6 meters and a length of 16.2, the Heinkel presents lying on the sandy bottom upside down. The area 'characterized by turbid water and only when we are near we see the wreckage of the aircraft. Huge

the two engines, lost much of the bodywork, suggesting the top of the head with the cylinders and exhaust pipes. On them protrude trolley wheels wing which, while in the retracted position, are slightly protruding. The flap appears in the position of maximum slope confirming the emergency landing. Network traces on the fuselage of the vessel that inadvertently led to the discovery of the wreck.

The big gun Front is now looking up. While encrusted by abundant benthic life, the side holes present on the cooling pipes are still visible. From here you can inspect the car before lighting up outside the cabin where you can see levers and controls to govern the air and oxygen cylinders used during flight at high altitude.

The doors are open to release the bombs and we can see the racks supporting the heavy bombs of 250 kg. But I do not see the 7.92 mm machine guns, and probably covered up the two sides, probably lost during the impact with the sea surface.

History The history of 'Heinkel 111 of Menton and' made of light and shadow. There are two versions, one that the plane involved in a fight, it was repeatedly hit and losing altitude, landing between Menton and Monaco, a few hundred meters from shore, where the survivors found shelter. The second version says that, after a bombing raid on Tunis, the plane while he was returning to base, for a breakdown, has lost much of the fuel having to alight on water and sinking off the coast of France.

and remained there until 1965 when a famous local divers, Claude Verge ', was hired by the owners the vessel's trans''Notre Dame de Laghet''to retrieve a network inexplicably entangled on the bottom. Verge 'is' in front of the bomber, in which were some bones. This seems to endorse the idea of \u200b\u200bthe air war and the subsequent landing of luck, as evidenced by the doors open and empty rooms and other explosive devices to minimize the risk of impact with the sea surface. Moreover, the absence of the propeller blades could be assumed that the engines were stopped. Maybe the plane had been hit so badly, or really had been out of gas?
In fact, July 31, 1944, the Heinkel ammar ' in the early afternoon and after several minutes, enough for survivors to safety, he thrust 'of the muzzle. In 'impact had smashed the glass front and the water had invaded the bomber sank by the bow upside down.