If the RAFM does successfully acquire it, it will be interesting to see what they do with it.
Well some brave and unfortunate pilot was definitely involved, though Copping’s name appears to have now been cemented into the story…
I’m surprised the IWM don’t seem to be interested?
Speaking of taxiing, someone on another forum mentioned State of Division…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sstU7qvLw7Q
‘Analysis of the wreckage shows Flt Sgt Copping, from Southend, Essex, tried to fix the engine and spent several nights under his parachute.’
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/898787-world-war-ii-fighter-kittyhawk-p-40-frozen-in-the-desert-for-70-years
Ummm?
The plot thickens…
Same words, fewer pics
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/9256879/WWII-fighter-plane-hailed-the-aviation-equivalent-of-Tutankhamuns-Tomb-found-preserved-in-the-Sahara.html
Why wasn’t the AAM Thunderbolt painted in 78th markings?
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