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Home RAF P-40 Found In The Sahara Desert

RAF P-40 Found In The Sahara Desert

The wreckage of this RAF P-40 was found after having crashed in the Sahara Desert 70 years ago!

This story was originally reported over a year ago, however, given my coverage of the P-40 restoration work currently going on at the Glenn Curtiss Museum, I thought it was very topical. This P-40 has been preserved in amazing condition and a restoration of it would be immensely easier than the one being done on the P-40 in Hammondsport.

An article published in the English press after the wreckage of the P-40 was found, states:

  • 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’

– Click here for additional information and great photos of this P-40: RAF P-40

– A follow-up article describing the possible discovery of remains of the RAF P-40 pilot can be found here: RAF P-40 Pilot

* Kudos Callout – Thank you FlyBoyz Sixclaw97 for clueing me in to this story and great video suggestion! *

Jan 3, 2014admin
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Comments: 2
  1. PalKat
    11 years ago

    VERY VERY KEWL!!!! That fuselage looks to be in GREAT shape considering! WOW!!!!

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  2. Mike
    11 years ago

    Everything about this is in GREAT shape…especially after seeing in person what we are working on in Hammondsport!

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11 years ago 2 Comments Full Scale Airplane Videos, P-40 RestorationCurtiss, flyboyz, P-40792
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