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  • WW2 Fighter Plane found in Sahara

    Thinking about MH370 I googled other lost aircraft and found this well preserved WW2 P40 that landed in the Sahara and had remained lost for 70 years , Cant help thinking about the fate of the pilot, as the radio and batteries were found outside the aircraft, suggesting he had tried to get it working.


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    Awesome story GB. I will pass this on to my soon to be 90 year old Father-in-law. He flew the Burma-China hump as a transport pilot in WWII.
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      DMH, weren't the guys like your FIL the ones who sported the patch with the flying elephant, or something like that? I seem to recall seeing a story on tv somewhere about those guys. Very interesting job they had.


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        Tex, that might have been the Vietnam era patch. This was my F-I-L's patch. China Star/American star with shield.

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        Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
        Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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