ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145594
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| Date: | Sunday 28 June 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Egypt Sahara Desert -
 Egypt
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The pilot Flt Sgt Dennis Copping (24) from 260 Sqn was to fly a damaged Kittyhawk P-40 from one British base to another along with another P-40. The pilot wandered and became lost. In May 2012 a Polish oil company expedition came across it 70 years later after it crashed. The pilot appears to have made a forced landing and the aircraft was found to be in pretty good shape after all these years.
Sources:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2142300/Crashed-plane-Second-World-War-pilot-Dennis-Copping-discovered-Sahara-desert.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2012 23:49 | pic541 | Added |
| 14-May-2012 07:34 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2012 07:39 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
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