P40 Found in Egypt

[Flint Pete]

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Egypt... the battle of el alamein
This plane model kitty hawk me 40 American made subordinate to British Royal Air force during world war
Was her deside to pilot a young man who has a 24 year his name is dennis ko peng " (missing)

Plane disappeared in the 24th of October in 1942 and exactly fell at 4 pm in the Western Sahara About Egyptian border.

It seems that German pilots community general awareness / Rommel they hunted this English pilot and served him a flying party high in the sky!
English pilot / Dennis ko pink.. take what party of German air drops and a hail of bullets. Hail hit his plane had to come down with her to the ground in Western Sahara.

But I swear the pilot shared destiny.. coming down with the plane and she is healthy, because he didn't jump b bar shwţ because if jumped b bar shwţ sky and let alone she fell to the ground and crashed over this perhaps Exploded because it has a fuel tank and ammunition.

Who discovered the plane one serving in an oil company polish by accident in June, 2012, they informed the Egyptian authorities, and the Egyptian authorities immediately proceeded to dismantle has guns and ammunition for (security), was told in attachment British military with the British Embassy in Cairo.
Where the British military was impressed by the excellent condition of the plane. They said it's an extraordinary discovery rare!
And the search continues to find the body of the pilot "Dennis ko peng", where they have been combing the area and never find the body of the pilot! But there are signs that he used the umbrella bar shwţ and acted a tent under the wing of the plane to shelter from the heat and flames of the midday sun!
It looks like he did not continue in it and left the place and got lost in the vast desert!

It is well known that the greatest battles of world war was in the area of el alamein,,,
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[Pen-Pusher]

I was interested to read this story and did a little research. Seemingly a body was found in the desert close to the spot where the P.40 crash-landing during the war. The wreckage of the RAF Kittyhawk was found perfectly preserved in early 2012 but later that same year, some seventy years after the accident, pilot Dennis Copping's remains were recovered nearby.

Bones and some remains of clothing were located on some rocks along with a piece of parachute which may have served as a shade from the relentless sun, about three miles from where the plane landed in the Sahara desert in 1942. Among the remains, a keychain fob with the number 61 on it was found along with a metal button dated 1939.

This lost and forgotten World War II fighter is a rare survivor and a sad memorial to its doomed pilot, 24-year-old Flt Sgt Dennis Copping who was forced to crash-land here in June 1942. Taking in the featureless landscape and his location, he probably realised he stood no chance of survival.
Flt Sgt Dennis Copping was simply flying a damaged P-40 Kittyhawk between two British airfields in Egypt for repairs and maintaince but the aircraft never arrived at its destination; and for 70 years the Kittyhawk’s fate and that of its 24-year-old pilot, remained unsolved.
In May 2012, Polish oil company worker Jakub Perka was on an expedition in Al Wadi al Jadidi, 200 miles from the nearest town when he discovered the remains of Copping’s crash landed P-40 aircraft. The plane has remained relatively intact but the reasons for the crash are less clear. We know the plane was already damaged (by gunfire in combat) so there is no sure way of knowing if evidence of gunfire is from that time or the cause of the plane’s demise.

Thanks Flint Pete - A great subject for a diorama methinks....!