According to today's Times, a crashed P-40 has just been found in egypt's western Desert. the pilopt, Sgt Dennis Copping crash landed safely with relatively little damage on 28 June 1942. A photograph sows the sate of the aircraft.

 

Sgt Copping used his parachute to create an awning next to the aircraft but then apparently set off on foot to seek help. His body has not been found. RIP

I just read this about this find on MSN.com. Here is the link-

 

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/11/11655018-world-war-ii-kittyhawk-fighter-found-in-sahara-shedding-light-on-pilots-fate?lite

A lot more pictures here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2142300/Crashed-plane-Second-World-War-pilot-Dennis-Copping-discovered-Sahara-desert.html

This is really cool, hopefully they can get it out of there before the locals scavange it into nothing.

Damned idiots that found the plane vandalized it. If you can stomach the videos, here is the footage of the morons walking all over the plane like a bunch of monkies, then breaking the windows and tearing pieces off the plane. Sickening.

 

[media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFe8CsOdoG8&feature=channel&list=UL[/media]

Dighost,

I can't stand seeing that vandalism. Makes me really sick.

 

Stan

Wow, too late, I guess.