WWII P-40
I like history almost as much as science and technology, so this blog branches out on occasion... On this occasion, searchers came across a P-40 in plain sight but overlooked for 70 years. The hot, dry environment preserved the plane. Royal Air Force flight sergeant Dennis Copping landed successfully, created a shelter with his parachute... and vanished. Searchers have found no trace of him. The shifting desert sands have presumably hidden his body, and it's surprising they didn't hide the plane. New discoveries of relatively intact WWII aircraft are very rare today - not surprisingly after governments and amaturs have been looking for so long.
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