A German Junkers 52 wartime aircraft is being rescued from Hatvikvannet lake in Norway. – Vintage Photograph

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On May 21, 2021, a German Junkers 52 wartime aircraft was being rescued from the bottom of Hatvikvannet, a small but deep lake near Narvik in Northern Norway. The plane was one of eleven that crashed through the lake’s ice during the German campaign on the Narvik front in the spring of 1940. As part of a German rescue expedition, five of the planes are being recovered from the lake.On May 21, 2021, a German Junkers 52 wartime aircraft was being rescued from the bottom of Hatvikvannet, a small but deep lake near Narvik in Northern Norway. The plane was one of eleven that crashed through the lake’s ice during the German campaign on the Narvik front in the spring of 1940. As part of a German rescue expedition, five of the planes are being recovered from the lake.

Dimensions: 15.2 x 20.3 cm

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Julintis A GERMAN Junkers 52 wartime aircraft is pictured being rescued from the bottom of Hatvikvannet, a small but deep lake near Narvik in Northern Norway, earlier this month. Eleven planes went through the lake’s ice during the German campaign on the Narvik front in the spring of 1940. Five of them are the subject of a German rescue expedition.