Frozen in the sands of time: P40 RAF fighter plane discovered in the Sahara... 70 years after it crashed in the desert [w/lots of pics]

• 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'

 

 

 

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