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P40 discovered in Egypt
Some of you have probably already seen these photos but for those who haven't enjoy...
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p40
Amazing condition.
Marvelous what a lack of rain will do. |
P40
Do we know if there is going to be a recovery and restoration of the aircraft?
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Battery
Did anyone notice the Australian made dry cell battery !
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Amazing discovery.
I hope they preserve, rather than "restore" it! H. |
Yep, I would take a bunch more pics and set it up exactly as found, rocks and all.
The crash sure broke up the Allison! The propeller pic brought back memories. We found just about that much of a P40 sticking up out of the sand at Boundary Bay in about 1960. It crashed in WWII and they didn't clean up the site all that good! |
Canadians will be pleased
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According to Vintage Wings, this was a Canadian 260 Sqn aircraft. Read the story here. |
:eek: stumbling onto that would be amazing.
I wonder what other treasures are hidden on our planet. |
A local chap was a Spitfire pilot in WW2. Around 1942 he was listed as missing in action in North Africa and nothing more was discovered until the early 1960s. His plane was found intact in the Sahara with him still in the pilots seat.
It seems he came to a stop against a dune in a sand storm and was buried there. 25 years later the sand blew away and exposed the plane. |
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Right on.. I was going to make that correction when it was posted originally.. Ex RCAF guy.. |
One year old, but news to me:
RAF Museum handed over Spitfire in 'ill-conceived' deal for WWII aircraft it may never receive |
What a pitty, a friend of mine has a big construction company in Egypt. Would have loved to salvage that. :D :(
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I bet they were proud of their efforts.
In reality it has reduced it's historic value beyond imagination. |
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