Frozen in the sands of time: Eerie Second World War plane discovered in the Sahara desert… 70 years after it crashed

• Pilot of the Kittyhawk P-40 was thought to have survived crash, but died trying to walk out of the desert
• Aircraft was found almost perfectly preserved, unseen and untouched, after it came down in 1942
• Historian describes find as ‘an incredible time capsule’ and ‘the aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun’s Tomb’

A Second World War plane crashed by a British pilot in the Sahara desert, before he walked off to his death, has been found frozen in time 70 years later.

There are more photos and text at the link. I found this on Barking Moonbat Early Warning System with the link to The Daily Mail.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2142300/Crashed-plane-Second-World-War-pilot-Dennis-Copping-discovered-Sahara-desert.html#ixzz1uU0DwTRl