[ARC5] P-40 Found In Desert

[Heinz Breuer]

German news magazine DER SPIEGEL has the story too. The pilot was probably Dennis Copping and the plane crashed in June 1942. 24 year old Copping had orders to transfer the Kittyhawk to another airfield for repairs. He is listed as MIA.
vy 73 Heinz DH2FA, KM5VT

Von meinem iPhone gesendet

Am 11.05.2012 um 20:05 schrieb "Geoff" <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com>:

> The plane and pilot were English and they are starting negotiations to 
> retrieve it.
> 
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> From: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 12:42 PM
> Subject: [ARC5] P-40 Found In Desert
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> 
>> 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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