[ARC5] P-40 Found In Desert

[Geoff]

The plane and pilot were English and they are starting negotiations to 
retrieve it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 12:42 PM
Subject: [ARC5] P-40 Found In Desert


> The discovery of the Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk in the Sahara Desert was 
> described by one military historian as "the aviation equivalent of 
> Tutankhamun's Tomb."
>
> A remarkably well-preserved fighter plane that crashed in the Sahara 
> Desert during World War II has been found 70 years later, shedding new 
> light on the pilot's struggle to survive.
>
> "The radio and batteries were out of the plane and it looks like he tried 
> to get it working. If he died at the side of the plane his remains would 
> have been found."
>
> I hope that details of the radios will be forthcoming!
>
> Wayne
>
> WB5WSV
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