P40 fighter found in Egyptian desert / Spitfires repatriated from Burma

[garandman]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/avi...amuns-Tomb-found-preserved-in-the-Sahara.html

The Kittyhawk P-40 has remained unseen and untouched since it came down on the sand in June 1942 and has been hailed the "aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun's Tomb".

It is thought the pilot survived the crash and initially used his parachute for shelter before making a desperate and futile attempt to reach civilisation by walking out of the desert. The RAF airman, believed to have been Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping, 24, was never seen again. The single-seater fighter plane was discovered by chance by Polish oil company worker Jakub Perka exploring a remote region of the Western Desert in Egypt, about 200 miles from the nearest town.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...in-Burma-during-war-to-be-returned-to-UK.html

Twenty iconic Spitfire aircraft buried in Burma during the Second World War are to be repatriated to Britain after an intervention by David Cameron.he Prime Minister secured a historic deal that will see the fighter aircraft dug up and shipped back to the UK almost 67 years after they were hidden more than 40-feet below ground amid fears of a Japanese occupation.

“They were just buried there in transport crates,” Mr Cundall said. “They were waxed, wrapped in greased paper and their joints tarred. They will be in near perfect condition.”

 

[je25ff]

"The Kittyhawk's magazine of bullets remained well preserved"

/cough

 

[crazymjb]

I cant believe locals are stripping and scrapping it. I hate people so much sometimes.

Mike

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[Scarecrow]

In on the group buy!

 

[chaser001]

I wonder if they're going to search for the pilot now that they found his plane.

 

[Boghog1]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pic...lane-found-in-the-Sahara-Desert-in-Egypt.html

 

[Martlet]

I wonder if they're going to search for the pilot now that they found his plane.

Said they were, but weren't holding much hope he'd be found.