WWII fighter plane found preserved in the Sahara

[zorg]

A Second World War aeroplane that crash landed in the Sahara Desert before the British pilot walked to his death has been found almost perfectly preserved 70 years later.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9258110/World-War-II-RAF-Kittyhawk-fighter-plane-found-in-the-Sahara-Desert-in-Egypt.html?frame=2215708

Edited May 11, 2012 by zorg

[Naxos]

Great find - thanks for posting the link

[Flyingdutchman]

... set of pics in the German Spiegel: http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/kittyhawk-p-40-abgestuerzter-weltkriegsflieger-in-sahara-gefunden-a-832749.html

Rgds;

Dutch

[zorg]

http://www.dailymail...ands-death.html

[zorg]

more photos ...

http://www.vintagewi...Discovered.aspx

[zorg]

http://www.qattara.it/60-173%20Kittyhawk.htm

[ostprussenmann_new]

Hopefully they try to preserve it. Great find on the story.

[christerd]

If I read the article right with my Google translator It seems that they found remains of the pilot ,

Maybe he will rest in peace after 70 years in the end .....