The recovery of Handley Page Halifax II W1048 from the bed of Lake Hoklingen, Norway by the RAF Sub Aqua Club, 30 June 1973.

W1048 had lain on the lake bed for 31 years after crash-landing on the frozen surface after a raid on the battleship Tirpitz in 1942. pic.twitter.com/b4PTzpMCI5

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