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It is now clear that the Halifax HR871 from Royal Canadian Air Force that went down at the Swedish south coast, hit by lightning in 1943, will be rescued and recovered. Airworthy again? "The seven crew members, four Canadians and three Britons, on board Halifax HR871 in August 1943 survived, parachuting out of the airplane — was hit by lightning during a storm — before the plane crashed into the Baltic Sea, near Falsterbo, a town in southwestern Sweden." Links: http://www.nantonnews.com/2016/03/25/halifax-bomber-recovery-going-ahead-in-sweden-this-summer http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/article-template-standard.page?doc=plane-wreckage-tells-a-tale-of-halifax-bomber-history/ii1b4v7k http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/06/02/nantons-bomber-command-museum-has-salvage-plan-for-rcaf-halifax-bomber-in-waters-off-coast-of-sweden