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==Surviving aircraft== [[File:Flughafen Tempelhof mit Focke-Wulf 200.jpg|thumb|alt=Focke Wulf 200 airplane at former airport Tempelhof 2023|Focke-Wulf 200 at Tempelhof 2023]] Only one complete reconstructed Fw 200 exists today, an aircraft that ditched in February 1942 and sank to a depth of 60 m (197 ft). This aircraft was raised from [[Trondheim Fjord]] in Norway on 26 May 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.lufthansa-ju52.de/en/Projects/Focke-Wulf-Condor/index.php |title = Focke-Wulf Fw 200 'Condor' |quote = Rebuilding the Fw 200 'Condor' is one of the most significant aircraft restoration projects in Europe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022162231/http://www.lufthansa-ju52.de/en/Projects/Focke-Wulf-Condor/index.php |archive-date=22 October 2012 |publisher = Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung |access-date = 29 December 2014}}</ref> Although the airframe disintegrated while being lowered onto a recovery platform, the remains were transported to Airbus Bremen and spent 22 years being rebuilt.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dlbs.de/en/Projects/Focke-Wulf-Condor/ |title=Rebuilding the Fw 200 "Condor" is one of the most significant aircraft restoration projects in Europe |publisher=DLBS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=[Homepage] |url=http://fw200-restaurierung-bremen.de |website=Restaurierung Fw 200 Condor |access-date=28 December 2020 |language=de}}</ref> A request from the Berlin museum for a set of separate wings to be recovered from the [[Kvitanosi]] mountain near [[Voss]] in Norway to complete the rebuilding was at first denied, because the local population wanted the wings to be left ''in situ'' as a war memorial. A compromise was reached in 2008, where parts not needed for the restoration would be left on the mountain. In 2009, parts were moved down by helicopter and made ready for transport to Bremen.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.trefall.net/xml/parser.php?xml=/xml/kvitanosi.xml+xsl=/xml/main.xsl+lang=en+css=/xml/main.css+cclass=andre3+id=nosi1index0073+view= |title = The removal |website = trefall.net |access-date = 19 September 2010}}</ref> Other wrecks were also found, but in extremely poor conditions, one at 68 m deep. The aircraft was finished in June 2021, then dismantled and transported to the former [[Berlin Tempelhof Airport]] for final assembly as an exhibit in Hangar 7.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fw200-restaurierung-bremen.de |title=Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor" – Die Restaurierung der legendären "Condor" in Bremen |language=de}}</ref>
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