Experts get to work on Second World War bomber

Experts have begun the delicate task of cleaning barnacles and silt from a rare German Second World War Dornier 17 bomber which was found at the bottom of the sea in 2008.

Conservation staff at the RAF Museum in Cosford, in Shropshire, are using a very dilute acid to clean away the debris that has stuck to the aircraft.

The remains of the largely-intact bomber were lifted from the bottom of the English Channel where it has lain since being shot down in the Battle of Britain.

The aircraft was brought ashore and transported to the museum in Shropshire more than 200 miles away.