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Offline cpxxx

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P40 Found in the Sahara
« on: April 23, 2012, 06:25:48 PM »
Surprised this hasn't been featured before on this forum. Some photos emerged on the internet puporting to show a British P40 in the Egyptian desert. A lot of people including me thought they were fake.
Then these videos emerged:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFe8CsOdoG8&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9LsK74J_W0&feature=player_embedded
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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: P40 Found in the Sahara
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 06:31:44 PM »
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Re: P40 Found in the Sahara
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2012, 06:36:44 PM »
Well I think it deserves to be in O club too.
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Offline nrshida

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Re: P40 Found in the Sahara
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2012, 02:58:39 AM »
Does anyone know what became of the pilot? I noticed in the video they were trying to open the cockpit.

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Re: P40 Found in the Sahara
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2012, 03:37:39 AM »
No doubt when the serial of the aircraft is revealed. That story will be told. The fact that the canopy is closed implies he closed it. Doesn't mean he survived his time in the desert though.
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Re: P40 Found in the Sahara
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2012, 04:10:28 AM »
Quote from: cpxxx on April 24, 2012, 03:37:39 AM
The fact that the canopy is closed implies he closed it.

I assumed so also.
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Re: P40 Found in the Sahara
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012, 07:45:40 AM »
From reading another forum, the aircraft is in a military area thus protected to some extent. Someone who is working in the area is going to visit it and try and get the serial.
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