Still from ROV video

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

The swastikas on the fore and aft decks were canvassed over to prevent enemy aircraft (us) identifying the Bismark. That would help to protet the paintwork for a while as well.
http://www.kbismarck.com/operheini.html

[Chris Johnson]

thought i'd seen markings on the Devastators but seems not.

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

I am sure there are lots of instances where the paintwork has survived for many years on submerged aircraft wreckage Chris. The environment and location will obviously play  a major part in either preserving wreckage or, degrading it and, it's only my own opinion Chris but I don't think being stuck onto the side of a Pacific seamount does much preserving. Thanks for the Bismark reminder Chris, very good images of a remarkably well preserved wreck.

[richie conroy]

I think the object in right image could be headphones ?

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

Someone posted that these might be headphones Richie...

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

Yet another long shot but, take a look at the first image with the arrow pointing to the antenna and, it's location in relation to the cockpit windows.
Now, in the second image it would be nice if there was any sort of oddities/unusual/strange etc.... in that exact same area, in relation to the cockpit windows...

[richie conroy]

some more pic's to mull over

first picture is of reef face resembling mono wing

second picture is of thin silver metal bead, which was found on Niku, that is similar to strip of metal in Electra cabin ?

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

Not entirely sure yet as to what is going on here. The wire/cable goes in one side and out the other in the first image. In the second image follow the wire/cable route as it enters the whatever it is, it's the darker bit you need to look at. I'll post some more colour images in a minute, very odd.

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

Here's some more... My initial thought is that this is the point where the one wire/cable becomes two by clever use of whatever this is.

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

An alternative to the blister turret infill theory. The bathtub turret theory, used on B17's to D model, then replaced with ball turret.

[richie conroy]

what is the object i have circled in yellow and are they on all planes ?

as there is a object in rov video that is a replica of it

[Monty Fowler]

That is an elevator counterbalance weight and no, not all airplanes had external ones. They were more common in the 1930s and early 1940s.

LTM, who sees enough weirdness without any 'enhancement,"

Monty Fowler, TIGHAR No. 2189 CER

[Jeff Victor Hayden]

what is the object i have circled in yellow and are they on all planes ?

as there is a object in rov video that is a replica of it

Any chance of posting image Richie?
Have you heard the latest olympic games joke re: liverpuddlians?

[richie conroy]

here is unedited image, u can see the shape without any enhancements

even thou it been squashed in middle

[richie conroy]

Jeff look at this aswell

in yellow box, it's either a tube or a pipe ?