By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Ntinos Mpampakos, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission The Greek Civil War, lasted from 1946 to 1949 and was a fierce and costly war, that claimed the lives of thousands of Greeks, killing each other. Mr. Ntinos Mpampakos has identified, with the assistance of respected aviation researcher Mr. Ioannis Mylonas the […]
Photos submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com by Karolos Lambrou and used by permission Mr. Karolos Lambrou, contacted www.ww2wrecks.com and provided some photos with the following description: “During a spearfishing excursion in Leros in the summer of 1979, I ran into the wreck of this aircraft engine nacelle that was in front of a car repair shop. Definitely […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Ntinos Mpampakos, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Kypseli is a mountain village in the prefecture of Kastoria. It is built at an altitude of 1,080 meters on the slopes of Mount Voio and is one of the most mountainous settlements in the prefecture of Kastoria. Kypseli belongs to the municipality […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Ntinos Mpampakos, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Following the positive identification of a Spitfire landing gear part in a remote mountainous area of northwestern Greece by Mr. Ntinos Mpampakos, another item awaits its identification. Since this part was found close to the landing gear, it is highly probable that this part belonged […]
By Pierre Kosmidis A German Arado Ar 196 seaplane, which was lost on February 28, 1944, at a depth of about 480 meters between Naxos and Ikaria islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece, was the unexpected catch of a fishing boat, the “Fearless II”. Surprisingly, Thanasis Sorokos the captain of the trawler found that […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Giannis Liontis and used by permission The dramatic events, which led to the conquest of Kos island by the German forces in October 1943, come to light again, thanks to the combined efforts of locals Giannis Liontis, Antonis Togrou and Minas Kasiou. The three Kos island natives, managed to find the remains of […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Giannis Liontis and used by permission Researcher Giannis Liontis, from Kos island, Greece, has come up with yet another intriguing discovery: Wreckage belonging to one of the 7 Squadron SAAF Spitfire Mk.V lost on the island, during Operation “Polar Bear”. On 10 September 1943 six pilots and a DC-3 Dakota […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Φωτογραφίες και video: © Μαρίνος Γιούργας, παραχωρήθηκαν στο www.ww2wrecks.com και δημοσιεύονται κατόπιν αδείας. Δείτε το βίντεο του Ju52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i-7L0RgpWY Διαβάστε για το Ju52 της Ρόδου: Η ανακάλυψη, η κατάδυση και τα αναπάντητα ερωτήματα READ THE STORY IN ENGLISH: The Ju52 found off Rodos island, possibly identified as DR + UA, ditched on March 31, […]
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 Photos and information submitted by Ioannis Chronakis, Darren Prior and Ioannis Mylonas and used by permission Monemvasia, meaning “single entry”, is a medieval Byzantine city, built on a peninsula in the Peloponnese, Greece. Mr. Ioannis Chronakis, contacted www.ww2wrecks.com with a series of photos of a WW2 aircraft wreck part, along with some […]
