By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and video: © Marinos Giourgas, published under license Aegeantec on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aegeantec/?hl=en Marinos Aegeantec on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marinos.aegeantec.9 Mr. Marinos Giourgas is an experienced technical scuba diver and Instructor, credited with the exploration of several WW2 Wrecks in Greece. Recently, along with a technical scuba diving team, consisting of Vasilis Spyropoulos OC diver, and Tasos Papapanos and Antonis Strouzas […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by Aviation Archaeology/Nikos Karatzas The Aviation Archaeology Scuba Diving Team found at a depth of 28 metres, close to Patroklos Island, Saronic Gulf, Greece a WW2 EM German mine (Einheits Minen), with a size of 1.23 x 1.18 m. Its anchor was also found close to the mine. The EM type […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by Nikos Karatzas A scuba diver hovers above a ΑΝ-Μ64 bomb found in the Saronic Gulf, Greece. Photo by Nikos Karatzas, http://aviationarchaeology.gr/ Scuba divers conducting research in the Saronic Gulf, Greece, close to Patroklos Island, made an… explosive discovery! The diving team located two unexploded World War 2 aerial bombs, most probably used […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and video: © Marinos Giourgas, published under license aegeantec on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aegeantec/?hl=en Marinos Aegeantec on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marinos.aegeantec.9 READ MORE ABOUT THE INITIAL DISCOVERY OF THE ILL-FATED Ju52 FOUND! A Ju 52 off Rodos island: The discovery, the exploration and the unanswered questions Mr. Marinos Giourgas B.Eng, M.Sc., DSAT Tec Trimix Instructor and a team of experienced […]
By Pierre Kosmidis The hospital ship “Socrates” at the port of Piraeus, while stretcher bearers wait Photos and Research by George Karelas Text by Pierre Kosmidis A series of deadly air attacks by the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica against Greek hospital ships in 1941 have remained largely forgotten for decades. Thanks to the efforts of […]
By Pierre Kosmidis WW2 Aviation enthusiasts in Greece, members of www.aviationarchaeology.gr have initiated a search for the Spitfire wrecks lost between April 4th to August 7th, 1945. Those three Supermarine Spitfires crashed in the area of Vari (see map below) and belonged to the 335 and 336 Fighter Squadrons of the Royal Hellenic Air Force (RHAF). According to […]
